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Marilee Strong deconstructs the stereotypes and dispels the myths surrounding the phenomenon of self-mutilation and gets to the heart of the matter by way of her subjects.
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"I read a book called A Bright Red Scream, and read about people's emotional release that comes with the cutting. It's a very complicated issue, and if anyone's curious, I highly recommend that book, because it's beautifully written and people are so candid." --Amy Adams, in Entertainment Weekly on her role in Sharp Objects "A compelling tour of the trauma and science of self-injury" --Time "A Bright Red Scream is thick with scientific studies, up-to-date research and--most important--tender . . . portraits of real-life cutters." --New York Post "Riveting and dynamically written, this book is an important addition to psychological literature." --Publisher's Weekly (starred review) "An imporessive complement to Mary Pipher's bestselling explication of the woes of adolescent girls, Reviving Ophelia." --Booklist "A Bright Red Scream has the hallmark of a classic work on a topic that [is] impossible to ignore." --San Diego Tribune
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Based on over 5 yrs of research & interviews:
I wrote this book to provide both hope and help to people who self-injure. No one need suffer in silence, believing that they are alone in their pain. There are ways to heal both the internal and external wounds. I am grateful to the fifty-plus self-injurers from across the U.S. (and in the U.K., Canada, and Australia) who so bravely shared their stories with me and a like number of researchers and experts who treat self-injury whose insights helped me understand this very complex phenomenon.
I wrote this book to provide both hope and help to people who self-injure. No one need suffer in silence, believing that they are alone in their pain. There are ways to heal both the internal and external wounds. I am grateful to the fifty-plus self-injurers from across the U.S. (and in the U.K., Canada, and Australia) who so bravely shared their stories with me and a like number of researchers and experts who treat self-injury whose insights helped me understand this very complex phenomenon.
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- PublisherPenguin
- Publication date1999
- ISBN 10 0140280537
- ISBN 13 9780140280531
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