![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Parents may find this award-winning book educational - not only about the pressures today's teens feel, but also about the way these girls maintain their lies and how others enable them to do so. The book is based upon her daughter’s battle with anorexia and her families struggle in coping and adapting their lifestyle to the illness. The very graphic detail about their physical deterioration as the girls starve themselves is painful to read. The book starts with Cassie dying from repetitive vomiting. The two main characters, the "wintergirls" of the title, both have emotional problems that lead to and exacerbate their disorders. Parents need to know this is a very, very intense book about the mental and physical pain endured by teens with eating disorders. Some abuse of the various prescription drugs used for depression and eating disorders.ĭid you know you can flag iffy content? Adjust limits for Drinking, Drugs & Smoking in your kid's entertainment guide. Eli smokes cigarettes Cassie and Lia start drinking alcohol when they are about 13, but drinking is not a focus of the book, not glamorized. ![]()
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