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4.27 AVERAGE
4.27 AVERAGE
challenging
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informative
sad
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medium-paced
challenging
dark
emotional
hopeful
sad
medium-paced
informative
reflective
medium-paced
emotional
hopeful
informative
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
dark
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A well done memoir. I appreciate that she shared her story and what she learned.
challenging
dark
emotional
hopeful
informative
inspiring
sad
medium-paced
Content Warnings
Graphic: Addiction, Confinement, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Police brutality, Medical content, Grief, Dysphoria
An illuminating and gut-wrenching memoir about a former figure skater from central Pennsylvania with a destructive side who turned to drugs in her teenage years and eventually landed in jail, then prison for drug possession. She first outlines how she found herself locked up, giving readers a background on her obsession with mastering figure skating which spun out into an eating disorder.
When her skating career was effectively over, without any productive place to put that hyper-focus on success, she began using drugs as an escape. She describes how hard life is when in the throes of addiction, and then how much harder it became after she started serving time, having to learn the nonsensical, yet psychologically brutal logic of the prison system. But most rewardingly, she details the work she's done since her release - using her writing skills and knowledge of the system to inspire change and improve the lives of those still behind bars.
I highly recommend this one.
When her skating career was effectively over, without any productive place to put that hyper-focus on success, she began using drugs as an escape. She describes how hard life is when in the throes of addiction, and then how much harder it became after she started serving time, having to learn the nonsensical, yet psychologically brutal logic of the prison system. But most rewardingly, she details the work she's done since her release - using her writing skills and knowledge of the system to inspire change and improve the lives of those still behind bars.
I highly recommend this one.
challenging
emotional
informative
reflective
medium-paced
challenging
emotional
inspiring
reflective
sad
fast-paced
Content Warnings
Graphic: Eating disorder, Mental illness, Rape, Sexual assault, Suicide attempt