Chapter 24: Claire Dover: The Trick

Trigger warning: Eating disorder content

Kristen Pizzo
Nov 3 · 3 min read
Photo by Jan Kolar

I had seen it on TV before. Two fingers forced down the throat over a toilet bowl. A nifty little magic trick. An eraser for your mistakes for when you forget how to stop reaching for the chip bag over and over again like a factory machine. One crunch two crunch three crunch four crunch five crunch six crunch seven crunch…The guilt…

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Kristen Pizzo

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Multi-passionate iced coffee guzzler & future pig mom. Writing Instagram: @chameleononthepage

Claire, Redefined

A young adult novel about two strangers named Claire living parallel lives who come together over shared trauma. Chapters uploaded daily.

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