Judith answers “So I am just getting to the point in this...”

Margie asked this question about Normal People:

So I am just getting to the point in this where Marianne has started to eat less and less, fixating on her food and savouring it. Essentially, it reads like she's moving towards anorexia if she hasn't already. Without giving too much away, does it have a happier ending? Does she get therapy? I know too many people with severe mental health problems in real life to want to read further if it doesn't :(

Judith Connell & Marianne come to realize there will never be anyone else for either of them, but feel compelled to walk away from every chance of mutual hap…moreConnell & Marianne come to realize there will never be anyone else for either of them, but feel compelled to walk away from every chance of mutual happiness. She's a masochist, he's clinically depressed, and they are both so damaged that neither feels deserving of love, and they can't break the cycle of self-punishment. Some things can't be fixed...(less)

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