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The Luckiest Girl in the World
Printer-friendly versionJust looking at Katie Roskova you'd think she had it all: she was pretty popular an A-student at an exclusive private school and on her way to becoming a champion figure skater. But there was another Katie--the one she hid from the world--who was having trouble dealing with the mounting pressures of her young life. And it was this Katie who with no other means of expression available to her reacted to her overbearing mother her absent father her unforgiving schedule and her oblivious classmates by turning her self-doubt into self-hatred. And into self-mutilation. In his previous novel The Best Little Girl in the World Steven Levenkron brought insight expertise and sensitivity to the painful subject of anorexia nervosa. Now he applies these same talents to demystifying a condition that is just as heartbreaking and becoming more common everyday. Through his depiction of Katie's self-mutilating behavior--she is called "a cutter" by her peers--and her triumphant road to recovery he offers a compelling profile of a young girl in trouble and much-needed hope to the growing numbers who suffer from this shocking syndrome.
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The Luckiest Girl in the World
2 years () (Permalink)I love it! I cried and cried when I read
it because I had felt so alone until I
found this book. It is amazing!
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2 years () (Permalink)I read thisbook when I was really
fighting with SI and - it really hit
home. I cried and cried when they found
out about her. But after I finished the
book I decided it was time for me to
come out,and I did. That was two years
ago and I still battle with it everyday
but ya know what? It gets easier.
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the luckest girl in the world
2 years () (Permalink)this book is fantastic it really helped
me when i thought that this was the
worst life could get if a didn't read
it and understand that there are other
people like me then who knows what i
would have done....
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The Luckiest Girl in the World
2 years () (Permalink)This book was extremely good, i sort of
had a connection with katie, because she
was pressured by her mom and stuff. i
thought it was so sad at the end since
she had her first ever b-day party...i
mean she is 16! that is not right!
everyone should read this book, to show
you that you don't need to be a
"freak" to cut.
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2 years () (Permalink)This book is amazing. It truly depicts
the daily struggle of a cutter trying to
play it off as if everything is okay.
The deeper you get into the book to more
you realize Katie is a reflection of
yourself...If only we all had the
strength to stick with therapy.
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