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Kissing Doornobs [Kindle Edition]

Terry Spencer Hesser (Author), A.J. Allen (Afterword)
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During her preschool years, Tara Sullivan lived in terror that something bad would happen to her mother while they were apart. In grade school, she panicked during the practice fire drills. Practice for what?, Tara asked. For the upcoming disaster that was bound to happen?

Then, at the age of 11, it happened. Tara heard the phrase that changed her life: Step on a crack, break your mother's back. Before Tara knew it, she was counting every crack in the sidewalk. Over time, Tara's "quirks" grew and developed: arranging her meals on plates, nonstop prayer rituals, until she developed a new ritual wherin she kissed her fingers and touched doorknobs....


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  • Format: Kindle Edition
  • File Size: 222 KB
  • Print Length: 164 pages
  • Page Numbers Source ISBN: 0440413141
  • Publisher: Laurel Leaf (10 Mar 2010)
  • Sold by: Amazon Media EU S.à r.l.
  • Language English
  • ASIN: B003BGUOI8
  • Text-to-Speech: Enabled
  • Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #327,326 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store)

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Hard to put down! 7 Feb 1999
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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!
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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.
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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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