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Push - Push
Release date: 2002-02-01
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Author: Patricia Mccormick
Juvenile Fiction, Children's 12-Up - Fiction - General, Children: Young Adult (Gr. 7-9), Juvenile Fiction / General, Social Issues - General, Emotional problems, Fiction, Psychiatric hospitals, Self-mutilation
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Date undefinedWhile this is a fictional account of self-harm, I felt that it was a fair portrayal of the main character who is attempting to deal with familial issues the best way she knows how. I have read horrendous books that were intended to have the same effect that this story had...and from my reading (so far) this story is the closest that I have found to reality. Yes, Callie has problems...Yes, she hurts herself... but she is not hollow. She is just a normal teenage girl who doesn't know how to cope with the emotions that she is feeling.
I can say that as a current recovering harmer (I am 29 now...I have harmed for 17 years), this book most closely resembles my experiences with self-harm...including the confusion and frustration that you feel. The alienation that you go through...when you harm and while you are trying to recover. This book shows that it's not as simple as just stopping.
I felt that the other characters were inconsequential to the underlying message that this book was sending out. Yes, the other characters are a catalyst to Callie's road to recovery...but their influence in minimal. I think that this too is an accurate depiction of how relationships can be when on is trying to recover from this particular illness. One doesn't just open up to anyone and everyone they meet...
While this is a fictional piece, I felt that Callie was not an "overdone" character. McCormick focuses mainly on Callie's introspection about her problem, and not so much about the problem itself, which is a crucial part of the healing process.
I recommend this book to people who are looking for fictional piece that gives a fair portrayal of a young lady who self-harms.
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Date undefinedBad back lash! As a cutter myself for 8yrs before I discovered this book in school on day in middle school incouraged by teachers I was horrified. I've had many emotional problems and I refuse to read this book. My problem is that it is being given to suck a young group of people. I remeber because of this book my friend started cutting. Stupid right. The book is being taken to seriously by the youth but the education of the topic is good.
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Date undefinedThis was a good book in the way that it was well written. She writes with ease that makes your eyes fly over the words of the page at a good rate, and it doesn't clutter itself up with pretentious words. I liked the main character Callie, but her reasons for cutting do not seem justified. I also would have liked to see a little bit more information about the other girls in the hospital with her. It seemed like one could go on so many different ways with them. For a first novel, not bad. For me spending my money on it, I'm not impressed.
