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Wintergirls

The New York Times bestselling story of a friendship frozen between life and death Lia and Cassie are best friends, wintergirls frozen in fragile bodies, competitors in a deadly contest to see who can be the thinnest. But then Cassi

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Laurie Halse Anderson (7)

“Eating was hard. Breathing was hard. Living was hardest.”

— Laurie Halse Anderson, amazon.com

Tagged: Depression, Mental Health, eating disorders

“The only number that would ever be enough is 0. Zero pounds, zero life, size zero, double-zero, zero point. Zero in tennis is love. I finally get it.”

— Laurie Halse Anderson, amazon.com

Tagged: Depression, Mental Health

“I want to go to sleep and not wake up, but I don’t want to die.”

— Laurie Halse Anderson, amazon.com

Tagged: Depression, Mental Health

“He couldn't stand me being sick. Nobody can. They only want to hear that you're healing, you're in recovery, taking it one day at a time. If you're locked into sick, you should stop wasting their time and just get dead.”

— Laurie Halse Anderson, amazon.com

Tagged: eating disorders, Recovery, Healing

“Do I want to die from the inside out or the outside in?”

— Laurie Halse Anderson, amazon.com

Tagged: eating disorders, Substance Abuse, Mental Illness, Depression Awareness

“We were secret sisters with a plan for world domination, potential bubbling around us like champagne.”

— Laurie Halse Anderson, amazon.com

Tagged: Sister Love

“I am beginning to measure myself in strength, not pounds. Sometimes in smiles.”

— Laurie Halse Anderson, amazon.com

Tagged: strength, Weight, Value