GENRE: Nonfiction/Memoir
AUTHOR SITE: link
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MY GRADE: A-
FROM PUBLISHER: Loose Girl is Kerry Cohen's captivating memoir about her descent into promiscuity and how she gradually found her way toward real intimacy. The story of addiction--not just to sex, but to male attention--Loose Girl is also the story of a young girl who came to believe that boys and men could give her life meaning. Never less than riveting, Loose Girl re-creates what it feels like to be in that desperate moment when a girl tries to control a boy by handing over her body, when the touch of that boy seems to offer proof of something but ultimately delivers little more than emptiness. The unforgettable story of one young woman who desperately wanted to matter, Loose Girl will speak to countless others with its compassion, understanding, and love.
MY THOUGHTS: This was very sad and very honest. Kerry (born 1970), from a very early age, 11/12, has been looking for love and attention from males and would have sex with just about any of them in hopes of becoming their girlfriend. She felt she was unlovable because she didn't often have a boyfriend but had plenty of males willing to have sex with her. She didn't use condoms much either and has gotten STD's.
She comes from a well-off dysfunctional family in New Jersey, felt like she didn't get attention from either parent, and was jealous of her sister's relationship with their mother. I'd have liked for her to have interviewed both parents to get their opinions of her feeling neglected. Oddly enough she never mentioned whether or not she was ever depressed, but I would imagine she was, at least back then.
Here's her speaking at The Mystery Box in 2013.
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