The Art of Drowning
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Enya Woods has anorexia. She's in hospital getting treated for it, but she isn't getting better. Every day, she slips further and further into the depths of her illness and it seems like nothing will bring her back from the precipice.
Until Henry Clark. An obnoxiously arrogant boy who everyone else apparently likes, but can only seem to get under Enya's skin. Yet, the more time they spend together, the more the ice that's been trapping her starts to melt.
He begins to open her eyes to all of the things that her disease has taken from her. He begins to change her.
Maybe there could be more to life than her illness.
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- TW: Eating disorders, depression and general mentions of mental health.
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