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Kissing Doorknobs (Laurel-Leaf Books) (Mass Market Paperback)

by Terry Spencer Hesser (Author)
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  • Mass Market Paperback: 160 pages
  • Publisher: Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group; Reprint edition (1 Jan 2000)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0440413141
  • ISBN-13: 978-0440413141
  • Product Dimensions: 17.4 x 10.6 x 1.1 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 679,316 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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"Excellent, absorbing novel . . . Hesser's deft treatment turns this account into an honest, fresh, and multilayered story to which readers will instantly relate".

-- School Library Journal

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Fourteen-year-old Tara describes how her increasingly strange compulsions begin to take over her life and affect her relationships with her family and friends.

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Hard to put down!, 7 Feb 1999
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This review is from: Kissing Doorknobs (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!
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5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent and quick read--I didn't want to put it down!, 22 Jul 1998
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This review is from: Kissing Doorknobs (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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1.0 out of 5 stars well meaning but dreadful, 13 April 2005
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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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