Character Analysis: Deadly Bones

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Quote: I want to go to sleep and not wake up, but I don't want to die. I want to eat like a normal person eats, but I wanna see my bones, or I'll hate myself even more and i might cut my heart out or take every pill ever made."
Summary: Lia gets home from a therapist appoinment and The next day, Lia fights with her father about whether she should be admitted for treatment. She's already gone twice and refuses to go again. Her father tells her it won't work anyway. Lia is going to stay sick until she decides to get better. She calls Elijah, who plans to travel south in a couple of days. He tells Lia the message Cassie left for her on the night she died — that Lia won. Lia is the skinniest. But Lia isn't happy. She wants to recover but she doesnt,

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