About the Book An acclaimed author of adult books pens her first novel for teens, deliveringthis haunting, beautiful, and ultimately hopeful story of one girls strugglewith anorexia. Original. Book Synopsis Mercy OConnor is becoming an angel. She can feel her wings sprouting from her shoulder blades. They itch. Sometimes she even hears them rustling. And angels dont need to eat. So Mercy has decided she doesnt need to either. She is not sick, doesnt suffer from anorexia, is not trying to kill herself. She is an angel, and angels simply dont need food. When her parents send her to an eating disorder clinic, Mercy is scared and confused. She isnt like the other girls who are so obviously sick. If people could just see her wings, they would know. But her wings dont come and Mercy begins to have doubts. What if she isnt really an angel? What if shes just a girl? What if she is killing herself? Can she stop?