- Hardcover: 176 pages
- Publisher: Delacorte Press (Jun 1998)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0385323298
- ISBN-13: 978-0385323291
- Product Dimensions: 21.7 x 14.7 x 1.7 cm
- Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 4,893,193 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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In her first novel, Kissing Doorknobs, Terry Spencer Hesser has written an inspiring, often humorous novel about Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, a topic that merits discussion and compassion.
Fourteen-year-old Tara Sullivan has always been a worrier. On the surface, she has been able to behave like a normal girl. But when she is 11 years old, she hears a phrase that changes her life: Step on a crack, break your mother's back. Now, everywhere she goes, Tara must count every crack in the sidewalk. If she gets interrupted or loses her place, she has to go home and start all over again. As she gets older, her "habits" don't get better--they change and increase. She has to arrange her meals, recite prayers, and chat with her dolls, over and over again.
Tara does not know why she has these habits, she just knows that she has no choice: she has to complete the rituals. Then one day, before leaving the house, she finds herself kissing her fingertips and touching the doorknob . . . .
Terry Spencer Hesser is a screenwriter and a documentary filmmaker. Kissing Doorknobs is based on her personal experience with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder.
Fourteen-year-old Tara Sullivan has always been a worrier. On the surface, she has been able to behave like a normal girl. But when she is 11 years old, she hears a phrase that changes her life: Step on a crack, break your mother's back. Now, everywhere she goes, Tara must count every crack in the sidewalk. If she gets interrupted or loses her place, she has to go home and start all over again. As she gets older, her "habits" don't get better--they change and increase. She has to arrange her meals, recite prayers, and chat with her dolls, over and over again.
Tara does not know why she has these habits, she just knows that she has no choice: she has to complete the rituals. Then one day, before leaving the house, she finds herself kissing her fingertips and touching the doorknob . . . .
Terry Spencer Hesser is a screenwriter and a documentary filmmaker. Kissing Doorknobs is based on her personal experience with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder.
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
I really enjoyed this book and would recommend it to anyone. It shows inside the world of a young girl suffering form OCD. You see how she works and what she is feeling inside. It is really gripping!
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Mass Market Paperback
This was a nice try in terms of trying to help people understand what a child's experience of OCD is like. I bought it in the hopes that I could recommend it to those children that I work with who have OCD, and their families. Unfortunately, I found the quality of writing so poor that I don't think I would recommend it to anyone. (Why does the main character have to "scream" and "have tears pouring down her cheeks" all - and I mean all - the time?) In addition, the book tries so hard to be a "teen" novel too (first kisses, boyfriends, best mates with anorexia) that it detracts from the point.
Perhaps it is just a bit too American, perhaps I am too old (!) but I thought it was obvious and irritating.
Perhaps it is just a bit too American, perhaps I am too old (!) but I thought it was obvious and irritating.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
I think this book is a real eye-opener for parents and other concerned individuals who deal w/a child with OCD. I think it will help others understand the demons that one with OCD experiences and perhaps enlighten those that think that this is just a stage that someone is going through. Physicians and therapists would also benefit greatly from this book and perhaps better understand what OCD is really like. I intend to have all the grandparents, my husband, and anyone else who questions what my son lives with read this book (I may order a copy for each of them!)
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