5/26/2023 0 Comments Paperweight by meg haston![]() Paperweight is not an easy read – at times, it feels too brutal and too raw – and it’s gut-wrenching to be witness to Stevie’s messed-up self-perception and her profound death wish. Maybe I miss my own youth or I simply appreciate a well-crafted story. I’m still fascinated by coming-of-age stories. Stevie resents the other girls, the intrusive therapists and the strict rules and regulations – she doesn’t want to get better, she wants to die. Only with a lot of patience, empathy and self-reflection, Stevie eventually begins the rocky path to recovery, as the reader follows her on her new and challenging daily routine and receives insight into her complicated past through flashbacks.Īlthough I’m far beyond my teenage years, I love reading YA novels. Depressed because her mother left the family and paralyzed by guilt over her brother’s death for which she feels responsible, she is sent to a treatment center on the outskirts of the New Mexico desert. ![]() ![]() Teenage girl is sent to forlorn treatment center in the middle of nowhere to get over guilt trip and eating disorder issues.ġ7-year-old Stevie suffers from anorexia nervosa. ![]()
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