Passing for Normal: A Memoir of Compulsion - Hardcover

Wilensky, Amy S.

 
9780767901857: Passing for Normal: A Memoir of Compulsion
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0767901851 ISBN 13: 9780767901857
Verlag: Broadway Books (A Division of Bantam Doubleday Del, 1999

Inhaltsangabe

An emotionally charged account of a lifelong struggle with Tourette's Syndrome and Obsessive Compulsive Disorder chronicles the author's battle with obsessions and pointless rituals, and her gradual acceptance of treatment and therapy.

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Amy S. Wilensky is a graduate of Vassar College and Columbia University's M.F.A. writing program. A native of suburban Boston, she lives in New York City.

Aus dem Klappentext

remember even more distinctly than the incidents of cruelty and confusion, intolerance and avoidance--more vividly than standing in front of the mirror watching my head move with no conscious instruction from me--is the strain of trying to conceal my tics and rituals from others, especially those closest to me, my own family most of all."

The provocative memoir of a young woman's struggle to come to terms with a life plagued by irrational behavior.

I am crazy. But maybe I am not. For most of her life, this thought haunted Amy Wilensky as she watched her body do things she couldn't control, repeatedly twitching and contorting into awkward positions. Her mind lurched and veered in ways she didn't understand: She felt that she must touch wood at all times to ward off harm, that chewing a wad of stale gum would prevent a plane crash. Why couldn't she throw away meaningless scraps of paper? Why were six-word sentences strangely satisfying?

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Verlag
Broadway Books (A Division of Bantam Doubleday Del
Erscheinungsdatum
1999
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
0767901851
ISBN 13 
9780767901857
Einband
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Anzahl der Seiten
211
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