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Well written...
Marni is having a huge amount of stress at home, school, and with her friends. She has started to pluck out her eyebrows, eyelashes, and even hair. It has helped her escape from all the trouble in the world. Unluckly, she gets hooked. Soon, she figures out that her little habait is actually a disorder called trichotillomania or "trich".Marni had an honest story. She discussed something that was a major part about her. It was a story that was a huge part of her and it was amazing that she was able to write it. I could relate to having divorced parents and also the stress and the pressure of being a teenanger. This book is awesome and you should check it out.
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September 26, 2009
| Helpful Votes: 1 | Rating: 5
Product Description
Marni pulls. Pulls her hair, that is.
Unable to deal with the mounting stress at home, in school, and with friends, Marni's compulsion to pluck out her eyebrows, eyelashes . . . even the hair from the top of her head, helped her to quiet her mind and escape the pressures of the world around her.
Marni first began pulling the summer just before entering high school, and she was immediately hooked. Unfortunately, by the time she discovered that her habit was an actual disorder—trichotillomania or "trich"—it was way too late. "When I stared at the mirror and tried to recognize the girl without eyebrows, eyelashes, and bangs as myself and failed, I knew something had gone horribly wrong."
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Short and inspirational
Marni sometimes seems to have the world out to get her. Her sister hates her guts, when she tries to talk to cute boys she accidentally sprays on them, and her dad uses her to get attention at the bar mitzvah's of some random relatives they always attend. The only person who seems to care for her is her mom. But even then she can't always confide in her, especially when she wants to gain the love and approval from her dad. After her parents divorced, Marni tried all that she could to obtain appreciation from her father. She would go to his place in California ready to spend the weekend together for some real father-daughter bonding time. That didn't happen. But when it was time for her to leave, she wanted more time with him, since he mainly ignored her the whole time she was there. And her wish came true at the airport: "We arrived at the airport and discovered my flight was delayed and I couldn't leave until the next morning. Suddenly, time wasn't an issue anymore...I was...
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July 1, 2011
(USA) | Helpful Votes: 1 | Rating: 4
Marni
I really liked Marni's voice, she is and writes in such a way that you are cheering for her, wanting her to succeed and get through the tough things in her life. From her troubles with her father and her sister and problems at school. She just seems like a nice person that doesn't deserve an ounce of the bad things that happen in her life. And really some of the things that she goes through with her father, sister, and a unbelievably rude debate coach almost seem like fiction. It's sure a lot for one girl to go through. But if you listen to Marni speak, which I had the privilege to listen in on online a few months back, she's a very cheery person, none of her past pain comes through her personality!The way Marni describes her trich really makes sense. How it's a compulsive behavior and something you can't just stop, it's right there on your head and face asking you to pull. Her trich isn't as much as the main storyline as I had originally though. But it was ok, because...
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October 11, 2009
(Bremerton, WA) | Helpful Votes: 1 | Rating: 4