Wintergirls Conclusion: “You’re talking. You’re eating. You’re blooming. That is all that matters” (276). These victory words spoken by Dr. Parker to Lia in Laure Halse Anderson’s Wingergirls indicate that Lia is not only a survivor, but also a beacon of light for others who struggle with eating disorders. Anderson led her readers down Lisa’s dark, gloomy, and twisted path intricately weaving the right amounts of drama, tragedy, and hope giving this fictional work just the right amount of realistic
Dying to be Thin Laurie Halse Anderson writes in Wintergirls, “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.” A person with no exposure to our society’s beauty standards would not feel this way. Anorexia is not a pre-existing mental disorder, but rather a behavior encouraged by television and advertising, social media, and blogs; anorexia is not a genetic condition but is caused by the media