{"product_id":"paperweight","title":"Paperweight","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThis emotionally haunting and beautifully written young adult debut delves into the devastating impact of trauma and loss, in the vein of Laurie Halse Anderson’s \u003cem\u003eWintergirls.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSeventeen-year-old Stevie is trapped. In her life. In her body. And now in an eating-disorder treatment center on the dusty outskirts of the New Mexico desert.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLife in the center is regimented and intrusive, a nightmare come true. Nurses and therapists watch Stevie at meal time, accompany her to the bathroom, and challenge her to eat the foods she’s worked so hard to avoid.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHer dad has signed her up for sixty days of treatment. But what no one knows is that Stevie doesn’t plan to stay that long. There are only twenty-seven days until the anniversary of her brother Josh’s death—the death \u003cem\u003eshe\u003c\/em\u003e caused. And if Stevie gets her way, there are only twenty-seven days until she, too, will end her life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ePaperweight\u003c\/em\u003e follows seventeen-year-old Stevie’s journey as she struggles not only with a life-threatening eating disorder, but with the question of whether she can ever find absolution for the mistakes of her past…and whether she truly deserves to.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Meg Haston","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":53497105121571,"sku":"9780062335753","price":12.79,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0930\/2258\/5123\/files\/9780062335746.jpg?v=1741194651","url":"https:\/\/epicreads.com\/products\/paperweight","provider":"Epic Reads","version":"1.0","type":"link"}