Loose Girl: A Memoir of Promiscuity
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| Rating | : | 4.85 (577 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B001CA5WAU |
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| Number of Pages | : | 102 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-12-22 |
| Language | : | English |
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Harrowing, Redemptive, Satisfying Healing Journey R. Coleman This was a hard book to read, because Cohen is absolutely unflinching with the truth. But it was also rewarding and redemptive by the end. She writes "clear and hard about what hurts." For those reading this for titillation or escapism, you'll be disappointed. If you're looking for a harrowing, but ultimately satisfying healing journey, you'll find it here. Loose Girl is filled with self-destr. Painful, engaging read of a search for Self YoyoMitch Memoirs have the same power and shortfalls as those found in personal therapy. The power comes from the individual speaking the truth of her/his life. The downfall is the individual's perspective is limited to his/her own experience. When a person risks the vulnerability of letting others see them, as much as one can be so transparent, as they see them themselves a magical even can occur. The . A Great Read, A Tale That Needs to Be Told Sherrie Miranda I thoroughly enjoyed reading this memoir. I am a fan of memoirs, but most that I've read are aboutpeople and places that I will never know or understand. But Kerry tells the story of a girl who weall know, or have been. In these times, even moreso than in mine, there are young girls "lookingfor love in all the wrong places". I commend Kerry for being willing to put this cautionary taleout ther
. Kerry Cohen is a practicing psychotherapist and the author of the young-adult novel Easy.Actress Cynthia Holloway, a native of Seattle, Washington, has performed on stage, film, and television. Cynthia's most recognizable work is as the voice of Anita Blake in Laurell K. She has lent her voice to television programs
From the early rush of exploration, when her virginity was technically still intact, to the day she learned to quiet the desperation and allow herself to be loved, Kerry's story is never less than riveting. Loose Girl is Kerry's captivating memoir about her descent into promiscuity and how she gradually found her way toward real intimacy. Her parents are recently divorced, and it doesn't take long before their lassitude and Kerry's desire to stand out, to be memorable in some way, combine to lead her down a path she senses she shouldn't take. Kerry wanted attention and she wanted love. In rich and immediate detail, Loose Girl re-creates what it feels like to be in that desperate moment, when the touch of a boy seems to offer proof of something—of being worthwhile, of being loved—but ultimately delivers little more than emptiness. It's a story of addiction—not just to sex but to male attention, how she came to believe boys and men could fill her emptiness, and how she tried to control t
In either style, Holloway reads intimately, drawing in listeners with her breathy, close-miked voice. Like those NPR voices, Holloway maintains a crucial distance from the story she shares, immersing herself in the tangled folds of adolescent confusion while indicating, ever so subtly, her separation from it. From Publishers Weekly Half NPR announcer, half phone-sex operator, Cynthia Holloway treats Cohen's memoir of youthful sexuality and familial disarray with a mixture of breathless eroticism and This America