Overview
For everyone who was that girl. For everyone who knew that girl. For everyone who wondered who that girl was. Kerry Cohen is eleven years old when she recognizes the power of her body in the leer of a grown man. Her parents are recently divorced and it doesn't take long before their lassitude and Kerry's desire to stand out--to be memorable in some way--combine to lead her down a path she knows she shouldn't take. Kerry wanted attention. She wanted love. But not really understanding what love was, not really knowing how to get it, she reached for sex instead.Loose Girl is Kerry Cohen's captivating memoir about her descent into promiscuity and how she gradually found her way toward real intimacy. The story of addiction -- not just to sex, but to male attention -- Loose Girl is also the story of a young girl who came to believe that boys and men could give her life meaning. It didn't matter who he was. It was their movement that mattered, their being together. And for a while, that was enough. From the early rush of exploration to the day she learned to quiet the desperation and allow herself to love and be loved, Kerry's story is never less than riveting. In rich and immediate detail, Loose Girl re-creates what it feels like to be in that desperate moment, when a girl tries to control a boy by handing over her body, when the touch of that boy seems to offer proof of something, but ultimately delivers little more than emptiness. Kerry Cohen's journey from that hopeless place to her current confident and fulfilled existence is a cautionary tale and a revelation for girls young and old. The unforgettable memoir of one young woman who desperately wanted to matter, Loose Girl will speak to countless others with its compassion, understanding, and love.
Full Product Details
Author: Kerry Cohen
Publisher: Little, Brown & Company
Imprint: Hachette Books
Dimensions:
Width: 13.20cm
, Height: 1.60cm
, Length: 20.30cm
Weight: 0.204kg
ISBN: 9781401309923
ISBN 10: 1401309925
Pages: 240
Publication Date: 02 June 2009
Recommended Age: From 18 years
Audience:
General/trade
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College/higher education
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Professional and scholarly
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General
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Tertiary & Higher Education
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Out of Print
Availability: In Print
Limited stock is available. It will be ordered for you and shipped pending supplier's limited stock.
Reviews
Cohen's brutal honesty about her relentless request for companionship is refreshingly relatable. -- Entertainment Weekly
Cohen recounts her harrowing litany of hookups through clear, poignant, spare-no-details prose. --Marie Claire Cohen's brutal honesty about her relentless request for companionship is refreshingly relatable. --Entertainment Weekly
Author Information
Kerry Cohen, PhD, LCSW, is a licensed therapist, with a PsyD in Clinical Psychology. She specializes in sex and relationships, and especially sex and love addictions. Cohen maintains a blog at Psychology Today and is the author of ten books, including Loose Girl: A Memoir of Promiscuity and Dirty Little Secrets: Breaking the Silence on Teenage Girls and Promiscuity.
