Light Enough to Float by Lauren Seal

Evie has just barely acknowledged that she has an eating disorder when she's admitted to an inpatient treatment facility. Now her days are filled with calorie loading, therapy sessions, and longingfor home, for control, and for the time before her troubles began. As the winter of her treatment goes on, she gradually begins to face her fears and to love herself again, with the help of caregivers and of peers who are fighting their own disordered-eating battles. This insightful, beautiful novel will touch every reader and offer hope and understanding to those who need it most. (From Rocky Pond Books)

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Lauren Seal is an Alberta-based writer and librarian. She is also the Poet Laureate of St. Albert and mentors a spoken word youth choir. Seal's first novel in verse, Light Enough to Float was inspired by personal experiences with anorexia.