This emotionally haunting and beautifully written young adult debut delves into the devastating impact of trauma and loss, in the vein of Laurie Halse Anderson’s Wintergirls.
Seventeen-year-old Stevie is trapped. In her life. In her body. And now in an eating-disorder treatment center on the dusty outskirts of the New Mexico desert.
Life in the center is regimented and intrusive, a nightmare come true. Nurses and therapists watch Stevie at meal time, accompany her to the bathroom, and challenge her to eat the foods she’s worked so hard to avoid.
Her dad has signed her up for sixty days of treatment. But what no one knows is that Stevie doesn’t plan to stay that long. There are only twenty-seven days until the anniversary of her brother Josh’s death—the death she caused. And if Stevie gets her way, there are only twenty-seven days until she, too, will end her life.
Paperweight follows seventeen-year-old Stevie’s journey as she struggles not only with a life-threatening eating disorder, but with the question of whether she can ever find absolution for the mistakes of her past…and whether she truly deserves to.
Rut
2022-10-22
Som en ätstörnings överlevare måste jag säga att Haston gjorde detta så bra, karaktärerna har djup och jag kände igen mig i så mycket men OBS!! denna bok skulle varit väldigt triggande för mig för bara ett år sedan. Hon går in på många detaljer kring ätstörningar så jag rekommenderar att folk som fortfarande lider av det inte läser/ lyssnar på den. Men nu när jag kan läsa den utan att bli triggad kan jag bara skratta och gråta åt hur sjuk situationen är och hur glad jag är att det finns hjälp. Så sjukt bra.
Isabelle
2021-07-29
Bra, men lite långtråkig