Bad Dream Hotline
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Last published Mon, Dec 22, 2014
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Lena Winchester spent her whole life afraid of being too heavy, too lonely, too needy. She built a castle of glass and trapped herself in, all cobwebs and spider bones. When a clumsy accident pushes her and Melanie - the new girl in town - together it starts a tragic chain of events. Lena can't escape recovery, relapse and the rest. Sometimes dolls break and who's going to stop Lena when it's her that cracks.
'She's a shadow don't you know, all watered down stomach aches and crying into dusty pillows. It was written all along, scribed into her skin from the age of thirteen and up. The taste -never leaving her tongue- of too much, too many. It started small, unlike her at 142lbs too heavy...'
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Supporting the non-glorification of mental health in teen literature. ~Trigger Warning~ [Eating disorders; including anorexia, bulimia and EDNOS. Self-harm and suicide attempts]
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