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Mesmerising, moving novel from exceptional new author about one girl's struggle to cope after being wrongly admitted to a boot-camp-style rehabilitation centre. A powerful and page-turning read. Justine is trying to cope with the desperate loneliness she feels now her twin brother, Joshua, no longer lives at home. After trying to drown her feelings with her first ever experiment with alcohol, she is woken early by her mother one Sunday morning. Bundled into the car by her livid parents, Justine is driven to Come Clean, a rehabilitation centre for drug addicts and alcoholics. Confused, vulnerable and covered with vomit from her first hangover, Justine is forcibly admitted to cure her "addiction". There she begins a strict boot-camp routine of humiliation and discipline, where they attempt to strip her of her identity in order to rebuild her a better person. Justine escapes the daily torture at the centre by talking to Joshua in her head, reflecting back on their childhood and trying to puzzle out why her brother was a tortured soul...and why he chose to leave her. Because of the intensely personal nature of the narrative, this book engages the reader instantly and, however tough the subject matter, it is a real page-turner. At its heart, Come Clean is about a girl's inability to deal her grief and her family's ignorance of her pain. Justine shows strength, resilience, courage and hope while living a nightmare reality. This is a book which should and will attract controversy, as teenagers and society struggle to identify the problems and the treatment for drug and other teenage addictions.

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Most Helpful Customer Reviews   2 of 2 people found the following review helpful: Shockingly beautiful, 26 Aug 2004 By A Customer This book is quite simply wonderful. The descriptions of the Come Clean centre are both harrowing and shocking, but they are interspersed with poignant reminiscences as Justine looks back on her childhood with Joshua, her twin and soulmate. This juxtaposition makes the horror of her time at the centre all the more powerful. This novel to tackles the themes of family, love, identity and hope in a refreshingly honest and original way. Not a book for the fainthearted but a must read for everyone else. OK I admit it, I cried.  Comment | Permalink | Was this review helpful to you? (Report this)   2 of 2 people found the following review helpful: Grueling but wonderful!, 26 Aug 2004 By A Customer OK, I admit it, I cried at the end. Luckily I was at home at the time. This really is a beautiful book about love, family, hope and the strength of the human spirit. The main character, Justine, is really put through the wringer and the reader is with her every step of the way. You can't help but feel her helplessness as she goes through hell at the rehabilitation centre. The horror of her experiences at Come Clean are made all the more poignant by being interspersed with memories from Justine's childhood and her relationship with her twin brother. This isn't a book for the easily shocked, but it really is a must read for everyone else!  Comment | Permalink | Was this review helpful to you? (Report this)   3 of 4 people found the following review helpful: Coming Clean about "experts", 12 Jan 2005 By A Customer Just finished it, brilliant! So close to the truth, it was uncanny. Through my own work, I've come across so many young people whose simple difficulties - like Justine's bereavement - are scarily twisted and manipulated in the cause and course of "professional help." "Come Clean" may be a fiction, but the abuse so many similar programmes meter out and the damage they do is terrible. I also loved the wonderful interludes describing childhood. Beautifully captured and so genuine that I think everyone recognises something of thier own in it...and the "twins" angle gave it even more depth. Worth reading  Comment | Permalink | Was this review helpful to you? (Report this) › See all 23 customer reviews...		Most Recent Customer Reviews Excellent read! I have just finished this book at 4 o'clock this morning, initially thinking that at 1am i would just read a few paragraphs before dropping off! Read more Published 9 months ago by Lori Marshmallow Haunting I am currently re-reading the book. When I originally read it, I was shocked and sometimes sickened by the treatment of Justine at "Come Clean". Read more Published 13 months ago by Sarah Marlowe One of the best books I've read in ages! This book is brilliant and is definitely one of my top ten!!! Purely emotive and has the amazing descriptions of a mixed up teenagers feelings i've read in a long time... Read more Published 13 months ago by Sally Adrianna Phillips 2 thumbs up This is an absolutely brilliant book. It managed to bring tears to my eyes on more than one occasion as it is so horrifying and emotive. Read more Published 13 months ago by RD A visit from my past My brother was in Staight in Northern Virginia in the mid-late eighties (if the time line of the book is accurate, probably at the same time the authors sister was). Read more Published 21 months ago by cah925 Impossible to put down I found this book almost impossible to put down from the very minute I started reading it, the twists and turns and gradual almost sinister revelation of each horrible fact... Read more Published 22 months ago by HS Mcsweeney Gripping and very moving Do not miss this book! I have never been so gripped by a book in a long time, but this had me staying up untill the early hours reading it! Read more Published 23 months ago by Marshall amazing i read a lot and its not often i come across a book that i am really gripped and astonished by. this book made me cry, with indignity for the injustice in which justine is... Read more Published 23 months ago by cait A very gripping story. Justine Z is a compelling character in this shocking story of a 'Rehab' centre for teenagers. Read more Published on 10 Feb 2006 by sooz :) Heaven Sent this book is so beautiful, i dont have the words to describe it...it was sad, emotional, scary and happy all at the same time. not many books have a reputation for that. Read more Published on 13 Jan 2006 by Miss T. Nisar Search Customer Reviews Only search this product's reviews ›