Lisabeth is a as well as many others. She's daddy's little princess, can never satisfy her mother is depressed and think she is fat. Contemplating suicide, she grabs a bottle of his mothers anti-depressants. After popping, only 3 visitors she by a delivery man who leaves her a set of scales and pronounce her hunger.
Obsessed with her weight, her daily routine consists of stripping approach and always counts each calories which she ingests. Her best friend calling her anorexic and her boyfriend is angry because she does not eat. Lisabeth is upset and the risk of losing them both. Her mother understand not his and his father who is aware that something is wrong but walking on eggshells.
With the sudden appearance of a mystery horse and a visit from death is given a choice to either Lisabeth finish what she started with pills or take responsibility for famine. With this, she must learn to find balance with his new job and myself feeling as if it were a dream.
After shows life through the eyes of hunger in the third world country and what it means to be truly hungry, Lisabeth discovers his power and that she can help remove pain and anxiety of starvation. She begins to feel secure and accepts that she is anorexic and need help. Admitting to his father everything she knows, she welcomes the assistance of a clinic and arrive home after 49 days in preparation. Lisabeth chose to live, and returns the scales to death.
Kessler is doing a good job of introducing readers to the character Lisabeth. Readers can relate to and understand the thought processes of someone with an eating disorder and how it can be solved with the help of family and friends. Kessler was not quite clear on the four Horseman and how they are related to anorexia role. For the young adult reader had more clarification nice.
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