Tara Sullivan can't get rid of them. The tyrants in her head that cause her to drive herself crazy every time they come around, which is almost all the time. In Kissing Doorknobs by Terry Spencer Hesser, poor Tara is suffering from a horrible case of OCD, but her family doesn't know, in fact, neither does she. It all started with "step on a crack and you break your mothers back." Nine syllables, she hates it. When ever there are cracks, she must count them. The harmless rhyme, brings her to the rim of madness, but its only the beginning. She can't control her rituals. They happen where ever and whenever, new ones emerging every week. Horrible thoughts plague her mind. They cause pain staking anxiety, only to be re-leaved by merciless rituals.
Now, counting every crack she sees, things start to get worse. Soon she can't hear a curse word without praying to god to save that persons life. Horrid ritual after horrid ritual, Tara can't help but wonder what is wrong with her. With friends turning their backs on her, and her mother, none the less, family, on the edge of murdering her, and the doctors, their diagnosis-es amiss, Tara thinks there is no answer. Soon, she is kissing doorknobs, and her family and friends, have had enough.
In this unquestionably realistic book portraying a young girl troubled with an extreme case of OCD and her dysfunctional family, you can't help but feel like you are this girl, and you are living her frustration and vivid pain. You are this poor broken down soul, terribly abused by your own thoughts. Any reader far and wide would learn from this book, and enjoy themselves in the process. I thoroughly liked reading Kissing Doorknobs. Its pages are streaked with hardship and hate. Not only did it teach me more then i needed to know about OCD, it made me feel blessed i was without it. Will Tara find out what her problem truly is, and find a cure, or will she lose herself first?
KISSING DOORKNOBS
By Terry Spencer Hesser
Tara Sullivan can't get rid of them. The tyrants in her head that cause her to drive herself crazy every time they come around, which is almost all the time. In Kissing Doorknobs by Terry Spencer Hesser, poor Tara is suffering from a horrible case of OCD, but her family doesn't know, in fact, neither does she. It all started with "step on a crack and you break your mothers back." Nine syllables, she hates it. When ever there are cracks, she must count them. The harmless rhyme, brings her to the rim of madness, but its only the beginning. She can't control her rituals. They happen where ever and whenever, new ones emerging every week. Horrible thoughts plague her mind. They cause pain staking anxiety, only to be re-leaved by merciless rituals.
Now, counting every crack she sees, things start to get worse. Soon she can't hear a curse word without praying to god to save that persons life. Horrid ritual after horrid ritual, Tara can't help but wonder what is wrong with her. With friends turning their backs on her, and her mother, none the less, family, on the edge of murdering her, and the doctors, their diagnosis-es amiss, Tara thinks there is no answer. Soon, she is kissing doorknobs, and her family and friends, have had enough.
In this unquestionably realistic book portraying a young girl troubled with an extreme case of OCD and her dysfunctional family, you can't help but feel like you are this girl, and you are living her frustration and vivid pain. You are this poor broken down soul, terribly abused by your own thoughts. Any reader far and wide would learn from this book, and enjoy themselves in the process. I thoroughly liked reading Kissing Doorknobs. Its pages are streaked with hardship and hate. Not only did it teach me more then i needed to know about OCD, it made me feel blessed i was without it. Will Tara find out what her problem truly is, and find a cure, or will she lose herself first?