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$6.19The Story
Deeply moving and authentic, this debut novel in
verseâwinner of a Schneider Family Book Award Honorâfollows teenage Evie
through her eating disorder treatment and recoveryâa perfect choice for readers
of Louder Than Hunger and Wintergirls.
Evie has just barely acknowledged that she has an eating disorder when sheâs
admitted to an inpatient treatment facility. Now her days are filled with
calorie loading, therapy sessions, and longingâfor home, for control, and for
the time before her troubles began. As the winter of her treatment goes on, she
gradually begins to face her fears and to love herself again, with the help of
caregivers and of peers who are fighting their own disordered-eating battles.
This insightful, beautiful novel will touch every reader and offer hope and
understanding to those who need it most.
About the Author
Lauren Seal is a writer, librarian, and the third Poet Laureate of St. Albert in Alberta, Canada. She mentors the teen and young adult poets of a spoken word youth choir and her poems have been published in various anthologies. This novel-in-verse, her first book, is inspired by her own experiences with anorexia, anxiety, and hospitalization. When sheâs not busy recommending books to library patrons, Lauren can be found reading, writing, and composing poems in her head on long dog walks.
Description
Deeply moving and authentic, this debut novel in
verseâwinner of a Schneider Family Book Award Honorâfollows teenage Evie
through her eating disorder treatment and recoveryâa perfect choice for readers
of Louder Than Hunger and Wintergirls.
Evie has just barely acknowledged that she has an eating disorder when sheâs
admitted to an inpatient treatment facility. Now her days are filled with
calorie loading, therapy sessions, and longingâfor home, for control, and for
the time before her troubles began. As the winter of her treatment goes on, she
gradually begins to face her fears and to love herself again, with the help of
caregivers and of peers who are fighting their own disordered-eating battles.
This insightful, beautiful novel will touch every reader and offer hope and
understanding to those who need it most.
About the Author
Lauren Seal is a writer, librarian, and the third Poet Laureate of St. Albert in Alberta, Canada. She mentors the teen and young adult poets of a spoken word youth choir and her poems have been published in various anthologies. This novel-in-verse, her first book, is inspired by her own experiences with anorexia, anxiety, and hospitalization. When sheâs not busy recommending books to library patrons, Lauren can be found reading, writing, and composing poems in her head on long dog walks.
