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 :(
Nicole the ending itself is sort of open-ended, a ;little bittersweet, but there is a climactic event toward the end when she finally starts to turn things a…morethe ending itself is sort of open-ended, a ;little bittersweet, but there is a climactic event toward the end when she finally starts to turn things around.(less)
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