- Mass Market Paperback: 160 pages
- Publisher: Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group; Reissue edition (25 Mar 1999)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0440227801
- ISBN-13: 978-0440227809
- Product Dimensions: 17.3 x 10.4 x 1.5 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 5,091,877 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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We cut ourselves. Not by accident, we do it purposely--and regularly--because physical pain is comforting, and because now it has become a habit.
Nancy doesn't have a best friend, until she meets Katie in the bathroom at school. She and Katie have something in common: they both cut themselves. At first, it's just fun--like the drugs and alcohol and shoplifting--and Nancy and Katie don't talk about why they do it. But soon Nancy realizes that she and Katie need cutting to get through the day. Nancy can cover the scars on her arms and legs. It's the others, the ones inside, that are becoming hard to hide.
Nancy doesn't have a best friend, until she meets Katie in the bathroom at school. She and Katie have something in common: they both cut themselves. At first, it's just fun--like the drugs and alcohol and shoplifting--and Nancy and Katie don't talk about why they do it. But soon Nancy realizes that she and Katie need cutting to get through the day. Nancy can cover the scars on her arms and legs. It's the others, the ones inside, that are becoming hard to hide.
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Format:Mass Market Paperback
I thought this book was going to be about self-injury (SI), but it was more about Nancy and Katie's drug problems and sexual experimentation. It was a good book from that aspect, but it was misinformed about SI. Granted, there are people who SI who also take drugs and get into risky sexual situations, but this book seemed almost to say that one must be really messed up to SI . I think people who SI do have a lot of problems, but they don't have to be quite so self- destructive as Nancy and Katie. Also, I think it's a shame that Crosses was marketed as a book about SI when in fact it was really about almost every kind of self- destructive behavior. And the critics seem to think that it's a pretty good book about SI. When there aren't many informed books about SI on the market, it's easy to think this way. I guess I just didn't see myself in Nancy and Katie's thoughts or behaviors- as someone who has SIed (and I didn't see my friends who SI in them either).
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
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This book was one I discovered a few years ago and fell in love with. I had read 'cut' at the time and found it to be a little off the subject of self harm, so decided to try reading crosses. It is a far superior book, mentioning cutting and self harm beyond the first 10 pages, which is something cut failed to do. The characters are eccentric, out of control and overall hell raisers, but you can't help but feel captured by the manner with which they conduct such acts. I am a self harmer and this story offered something different; it put self harm in the context of a normal, unashamed teenager, rather than in the situation of being institutionalized for it. It showed self harm as something anyone out there can be guilty of, not just the people who are hospitalised for their behaviour. This book is one that will stay with me throughout my recovery from self harm and provides a great read!
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Mass Market Paperback
i read this book a year or 2 ago, and i was glued to the pages. i also related to the main characters quite a bit. for anyone who has problems with self mutilation, pleasepleaseplease go get help. i wouldn't say i'm a success story, but i can say that you're not alone, and the more you read, study, and watch about it the more you understand, and the more it could help you. empower yourself. don't become a victim.
recommended material: bodies under seige (lots by dr. favazza). movies: all over me, foxfire. there is also another book i own about an ice skater who cuts herself, but i've forgotten the title. it's by dr. steve levenkron. he also does another book about self-mutilation.
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Absolutely Amazing
I read this book in a day; I just could not put it down.
Having been through 6 years of selfharm and gotten past it with much help, reading this helped me get inside the... Read more
Having been through 6 years of selfharm and gotten past it with much help, reading this helped me get inside the... Read more
Published on 17 Jun 2007 by Ms. A. Lacchin
Greatest book ever!!
I read a lot of books but Crosses is defintely the best book I've ever read!!! Nancy and her best friend Katie do not have the world's easiest lives. Read more
Published on 31 Mar 2002 by Diana
BEST BOOK I HAVE EVER READ!!
I USED TO HATE READING, THEN I GOT BORED AND STARTED, AND OUT OF THE 21 BOOKS I HAVE READ, CROSSES IS MY ABSOLUTE FAVORITE!! Read more
Published on 3 Aug 1999
Cutters, they do it to take the pain away, so they think.
Nancy finds herself hurt by her parents continuous arguing. She feels alone, and trapped. And in lots of pain. The only way she knows how to get rid of her pain is to cut. Read more
Published on 18 Jun 1999
..a talented writer puts together a beautifully raw book..
No Pretenses. No censors. I loved it! I learned alot about how stupid drugs can make you. MUST READ!!
Published on 2 Jun 1999
Speaks of true friendship
This book gave me a totally new view on life. It reminded me so much of me and my best friend and by the time I had finished the book I relized we both needed some help. Read more
Published on 14 Jan 1999
friendship is powerful
my best friend stole this book from her local library just so i would be able to read it when i came to visit her. she had already read it and she knew i must read it, too. Read more
Published on 29 Dec 1998
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Never in my life would I have guessed there was a book that could so perfectly express what I have done for so long. Read more
Published on 22 Oct 1998
This Book Changed My Life
A friend told me about this book 4 years ago. At the time I was heavily into the party scene, drinking daily, using drugs whenever I could get a taste for free, contemplating... Read more
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