Wintergirls is told consistently from Lia’s point of view. The readers not only get to see how she interacts with other characters but also what goes on inside her head. The theme of this book is self-hate. Lia does not feel like she is good enough. She even says “I failed eating, failed drinking, failed not cutting myself into shreds. Failed friendship. Failed sisterhood and daughterhood. Failed mirrors and scales and phone calls (Anderson).” She wants to be this perfect weight, but she can never reach it and she punishes herself when she eats because it means she is further from her goal weight.
Lia’s eating disorder started when Cassie and she made a new year’s resolution to be the skinniest girls together. Lia suffers from anorexia and
