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Recalling the agony of growing up an obsessive-compulsive religious fanatic, Traig fearlessly confesses the most peculiar behavior like tirelessly scrubbing her hands for a full half hour before dinner, feeding her stuffed animals before herself, and washing everything she owned because she thought it was contaminated by pork fumes. Jennifer's childhood mania was the result of her then undiagnosed OCD joining forces with her Hebrew studies-what psychiatrists call scrupulosity
While preparing for her bat mitzvah, she was introduced to an entire set of arcane laws and quickly made it her mission to follow them perfectly. Her parents nipped her religious obsession in the bud early on, but as her teen years went by, her natural tendency toward the extreme led her down different paths of adolescent agony and mortification.
Years later, Jennifer remembers these scenes with candor and humor. In the bestselling tradition of Running with Scissors and A Girl Named Zippy, Jennifer Traig tells an unforgettable story of youthful obsession.
Kindle Book
- ISBN: 9780316139106
- Release date: September 3, 2007
OverDrive Read
- ISBN: 9780316028561
- Release date: September 3, 2007
EPUB ebook
- ISBN: 9780316028561
- File size: 849 KB
- Release date: September 3, 2007
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English
Levels
ATOS Level:7
Lexile® Measure:950
Interest Level:9-12(UG)
Text Difficulty:5-6