Lia sees the impact that she's having on her impressionable young stepsister, but she still doesn't eat. Through Wintergirls, Anderson shows us both the skewed viewpoint of girls like Lia (who, even as they waste away to skin and bones see themselves as obese), and the deviousness and single-mindedness with which they can pursue their goals. Lia's mother is a doctor, and she still can't make her daughter eat. Wintergirls is the first person story of Lia, a girl who devotes her considerable determination to a single cause - that of being thin. In the case of Wintergirls, that condition is anorexia. Both books give the reader an inside perspective on a condition that most people aren't comfortable thinking about.
But for those people who still only coping with confusion about their body image, it is very helpful to have people who will listen to the things they are struggling with.Laurie Halse Anderson's upcoming young adult novel Wintergirls is sure to draw comparisons to her 1999 novel, Speak. Eating disorders are mental illnesses that need to be taken seriously and treated by professionals. It’s a terrible one, isn’t it?” and then I would ask her about what makes her joyful and what she is afraid of. If I had the chance to talk to a teenager who hates her body, I would say, “I understand that feeling. This is even more dramatic in the minds of teenagers, whose bodies are changing radically and whose brains are still developing. If they can make us feel bad about our bodies by showing Photoshopped images of models who are on the brink of starvation, then they can sell us whatever they want. On book tour in Austin, TexasThe marketers of the global consumer culture spend obscene amounts of money every year to make people feel bad about the way they look.
What Would You Say to a Teenager Who Looks in the Mirror and Hates Her Body?
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