Zoe Letting Go
Zoe Letting Go by Nora Price, published by Penguin Publishing Group in 2013, is a young adult novel that explores the complexities of friendship and mental health. This edition spans 279 pages and is presented in English. The story follows Zoe, a girl who finds herself in Twin Birch, a hospital for girls with serious issues, including eating disorders. As she grapples with her surroundings and the absence of her best friend Elise, Zoe writes letters that reveal her struggles and memories, providing insight into her past and the challenges she faces.
Readers will encounter a narrative that intertwines Zoe’s letters with journal entries, shedding light on her complicated relationships and the truths she must confront. The book delves into themes of grief, depression, and the impact of friendship, all set against the backdrop of a mysterious hospital environment. Through Zoe’s journey, the story examines the choices we make and the lies we tell ourselves, ultimately leading to a deeper understanding of the bonds that can both uplift and harm.
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“When the truth about her past is disclosed…the effect works like gangbusters.”
–New York Times Book Review
A girl’s letters to her best friend reveal two lives derailed by anorexia in this haunting debut that’s Laurie Halse Anderson’s Wintergirls meets The Sixth Sense.
Zoe knows she doesn’t belong in a hospital—so why is she in one?
Twin Birch isn’t just any hospital. It’s a strange mansion populated by unnerving staff and glassy-eyed patients. It’s a place for girls with serious problems; skinny, spindly girls with eating disorders who have a penchant for harming themselves.
Zoe isn’t like them. And she can’t figure out why she was sent here. Writing letters to her best friend Elise keep her sane, grounded in the memories of her past—but mired in them, too. Elise never writes back.
Zoe is lost without her, unsure of how to navigate tenuous new friendships and bizarre rules without Elise by her side. But as her letters intertwine with journal entries chronicling her mysterious life at Twin Birch, another narrative unfolds. The hidden story of a complicated friendship; of the choices we make, the truths we tell others, and the lies we tell ourselves. The story of a friendship that has the potential to both save—and damage beyond repair. And Zoe finds she must confront the truth about her past once and for all, before she can finally let go.
Nora Price’s debut young adult book is a heart-wrenching meditation on the bonds of friendship with a gripping psychological twist.
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