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Eireann corrigan autobiografske pesmi o dogodkih iz zivljenja najstnikov, vkljucno z avtoricinimi izkusnjami z motnjami v prehranjevanju in terapijah ter o samomoru njenega fanta. Librarything is a cataloging and social networking site for booklovers. It is both a heartrending account of a terribly sad illness, the way in which that illness turns you into your own worst enemy, and the possibilty for healing and for love. You remind me of you by eireann corrigan scholastic. For three years, eireann corrigan was in and out of treatment facilities fo. Eireann corrigan began writing at the age of seven, when she sent poems to a brother who was attending high school in germany. A poetry memoir by corrigan, eireann chronicles in verse form the authors eating disorders, her days in and out of treatment facilities, and the shock of her high school boyfriends attempted suicide. Account en lijsten account retourzendingen en bestellingen. At first the prospect of reading 123 pages of short poems about a womans struggles with anorexia and bulimia might seem daunting, or even tiresome, but you remind me of you quickly does away with any such apprehensions. About this title may belong to another edition of this title. A poetry memoir struggling for years with eating disorders, in and out of treatment facilities, eireann corrigan is tee. You remind me of you by eireann corrigan fantastic fiction.
Oct 19, 2019 eireann s story is the most elegant retelling of what its like to be sick, to be sad in your teens and what love can and cannot do to save you. Encontre diversos livros escritos por corrigan, eireann com otimos precos. You remind me of you by eireann corrigan is an incredibly moving poetry memoir. Corrigan, now in her 20s, recounts her experiences as a teenager with an eating disorder in a series of poems. A collection of poems written by young women across the world showing struggles and issues they personally deal with. An edition of you remind me of you 2002 you remind me of you a poetry memoir by eireann corrigan. A startling autobiographical account of a young womans battle with eating disorders that put her in and out of hospitals. For three years, eireann corrigan was in and out of treatment. A poetry memoir from the worlds largest community of readers. New jersey native eireann corrigan began writing poetry as a child, and when her older brother left home to attend high school in germany, she spent hours writing him verse letters. She is a graduate of sarah lawrence college and new york university. It is written in first person so eireann, the i, addresses daniel, the you.
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