This is a truly powerful story. It goes into great detail how diseases like depression, anxiety and anorexia affect those who are riddled with them. The main character, Anna, is a professional dancer. The dancing community is notorious for eating disorders among the dancers. Anna meets the love of her life and follows him from Paris to Missouri. There, her disorders spiral out of control as she convinces herself that if she just loses a little more weight, she will attain her dreams. She starts limiting and then cutting certain foods completely out of her diet and starts running more to lose more weight. Eventually, she is down to an alarming less than 90 pounds. She is referred to a group home that helps women with eating disorders. Anna is surrounded by others who suffer from the same things she is going through.
The friendships she will make during her recovery will play a huge part in her being successful or failing as she tries to become the person she wants to be again.
The friendships she will make during her recovery will play a huge part in her being successful or failing as she tries to become the person she wants to be again.