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I never could imagine the struggle that someone like Lia is going through. Her internal dialogue, debating on what to eat (or not eat). The calorie counting, the blogs created by others like her, the constant weighing in (and the lengths she goes through to appear that she isn't losing weight when she has to weigh in), the changes her body was going through (it’s amazing what our bodies will do to adapt and live). Reading about how she longs to be able to simply eat and not obsess over every single bite of food, the hundreds of sit-ups and hours on the stair climber....
Kudos to Laurie Halse Anderson for tackling this difficult subject matter in such an honest and unflinching way. I started to think that this should be recommended reading for any teen girl - but I think that someone who is already predisposed to eating disorders or inclined to self-mutilate, might read this book and have it act as a "trigger" to such behaviors.
It was so hard to read, but even more difficult to stop reading. It's honest. It's explicit. It's raw. I liked it.
6 comments:
This is a book that really sticks with you.
Such a hard subject matter, but it's important to talk about. I recently reviewed "Diary of an Exercise Addict" - also about an eating disorder, but in an older woman.
This sounds like suck a powerful book. I can't wait to read it.
wow! That's a fantastic sounding book :)
I picked this book up the other day. I can't wait to get to it.
People have been raving about this book and I can see why. I'll have to put this on my list.. but I'm currently drowning in library books!
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