Chapter 28: Claire Dover: Happy Holidays

Trigger Warning: Eating disorder content

Kristen Pizzo
Nov 5 · 7 min read
Photo by Caley Dimmock

The weeks between Thanksgiving and Christmas break slipped by in a blur, like murky water running over me as I lay at the bottom of a river, drowning but somehow still very much alive. By then, the endless cycle of binging and purging was no longer like a ride I was struggling to get off of, but rather, a comforting routine. I…

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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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