Winter Girls: 50 pages in..

After reading the first fifty pages of Winter Girls I am left slightly confused. The author has a way of revealing information through the main character’s point of view. It seems to have a slight scatter-brain quality to it. Lia is trying to avoid thinking about her friend who just recently died, but her mind keeps going back to Cassie.  In addition, she is struggling to keep up a persona of someone who is not ill, but is in fact dealing with anorexia nervosa.  She tries to show the rest of the world that she does not need to be put back in rehab. Secretly she will take certain measures to hide how she is not eating and losing but not gaining weight.

So far we as the readers have received a brief background on her interactions with her best friend, but she is continually trying to repress the memories of Cassie. They have an interesting relationship because it seems as though they have had a rough friendship. Unfortunately, six months before Cassie died she stopped being friends with Lia. Lia was very upset by this and did not answer Cassie’s 33 calls to her. The next morning she received the news that her former best friend was dead and had tried to talk to her before she did. It puts a lot of guilt on Lia. Right now she is currently trying to come to terms with the emotions she is feeling about Cassie and her own life.

Can’t wait to see what comes up next…