The book Wintergirls overall is a good book it deals with an issue that for many young girls and very few boys deal with growing up in today’s society. Being a teen and not having positive people or someone to talk to in general can be hard this book from what I have read is very good because it breaks down every little detail of the character Lia who is left behind to think about her life after her best friend which whom she competes to be the thinnest dies……this book not only talk and reveals the big picture of eating disorders but it also details Lia behavior so if you know someone with this disorder after reading this book you more than likely will have a better understanding of what is going on I would recommend this novel to another person because it is the real deal I like how they introduce the internet and how there are actual websites that support this obsession with being thin this is a mental disease that affect million of teens …millions of teens abuse prescription drugs to as a way to escape the overall message the author is trying to bring to her story is unique and it almost seem as though she could have dealt with this personally. By telling the book from Lia's head — and the haunting from the dead best friend this book is on a whole other level and it just puts on blast all the different sick communities out there in the world that support being sick and it is sad over all I’d recommend this novel.

what I am learning from the text

What I have learned so far from what I have read is that there are things in life or obstacles that we all as human beings have to overcome as a teen in High school I too faced issues not with eating but with self esteem which has a lot to do with what can lead to eating disorders and not feeling good about yourself and not having confidence or support to help a person overcome whatever is making them unhappy and in the end they feel alone. I’m learning that as a parent myself we should always pay close attention when we suspects signs that our children are unhappy as I am reading the text it’s almost as if Lia is ignored half the time by her step mother and her father which a lot of times when there is a divorce and parents move on to another relationship and a different step parent enters a home it almost as a child gets ignored this seems to be Lia case she is alone and finds comfort in her friend who is also experiencing the same issues and together they think they can solve it but just make it worse I have learned that it’s ok to be different and to never be ashamed to admit you have an issue because it could lead to death or being hurt and I know that while I am raising my son that I will be more involved and will not shut him out if I get another relationship or even more children.

Lia seems to me to be a confused girl typical for the common teen who is trying to live this lifestyle that she thinks is acceptable just because she looks a certain way she and her best friend compete to be the thinnest. She is so confused by this ideal dream to be thin and beautiful that they allow the disease to take over and it eventually kills her friend Cassie she to me is comes off as a weak girl who is hiding behind her eating to make herself someone she not .As I read on in the novel Lia begins to understand the troubles and even explain her and Cassie relationship she claims that she was the friend who understood what being ignored felt like because just like Cassie her best friend who dies they both feel like their parents don’t pay them attention which to me could be a key reason why they are having all these crazy teen breakdowns I think Lia is a good friend to Cassie because of the trouble she seems to going through is easy to relate and understand. At the same time she is offering all the support to Cassie and Cassie seems to think her problems are because of Lia this could turn Lia into a selfish person but who knows what will come of this whole friendship we know she dies but I’m not sure how Lia is going to handle how Cassie and her parent feel about her influence.