The novel “Wintergirls” is the dark story of a girl named Lia and her struggle to overcome a terrible eating disorder. Throughout the novel, we see Lia struggle with her eating disorder, recover from the death of her best friend, and repair her relationships with everyone around her. The story begins with sixteen-year-old Lia getting ready to go out to school. Lia lives with her stepmother Jennifer, her father and her younger half-sister Emma. Lia adores Emma, ​​does everything to make this little girl happy and is the only one to whom Lia truly shows emotion and compassion throughout the novel. Right from the start, we see Lia hiding her feelings. Her stepmother Jennifer casually told Lia that her best friend had died; or rather was found dead in a motel room. Lia pretends she doesn't care and pretends she doesn't feel anything. In reality, she's just cold. Cassie and Lia hadn't been friends for a long time, and the night before Cassie had called her 33 times, each time Lia sent them straight to voicemail. Ever since the day Cassie's family had moved across the street from Lia's mother's house, Lia and Cassie had been the best of friends. They did everything together and were practically joined at the hip! Everything was fine and safe until a year old, when they were twelve. Cassie had just returned from summer camp and it was Labor Day weekend. Everyone on their street was partying and celebrating. There was so much food around and Cassie was stuffing herself. Lia had left her for a minute to go get a sweater and returned to find Cassie throwing up in the bushes. Turns out the girls Cassie met at camp were obsessed with weight. There, Cassie learned all about purging, bingeing, and how to eat like paper...which the next few minutes were going to suck. Cassie told Lia she was dying. Lia's liver had shut down a few hours before and her lungs were filling with fluid. Only now did Lia realize that she didn't want to die. Cassie wanted Lia to die, so they could be reunited, but Lia wanted to live for once, so she painfully pulled away from Cassie and dragged herself to the main office to go. calls his mother. Within minutes, the ambulance arrived, revived her heart and transferred her to New Seasons Hospital. Unlike her previous visits to New Seasons, Lia wanted to get better this time. She did not resist the treatment and did not argue with the doctors and nurses. She wanted to live and began to see reasons why she should. She still had a long way to go until she was one hundred percent better, but Winter Girl Lia, as we all knew her, was starting to thaw..