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Loose Girl: A Memoir of Promiscuity
By Kerry Cohen, Hyperion Books
Release Date: June 3, 2008
Book Room Review
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At the age of twelve, a time when
most girls should be imagining kissing their favorite teen idol, Kerry Cohen
was doing much more than just imagining.
Lost and virtually parentless after her mother abandoned her children to
go to medical school in the
As Cohen describes herself, “I
am sick of myself. Sick of my desperation and emptiness. Sick of the constant defeat. I am convinced if someone will just love me I
will be able to focus on something else.
I‘ll be able to enjoy my life. I‘ll feel whole and real, released from
this weight.”
Not until she is an adult, and
after under going therapy to discover her passion for writing, does Kerry
realize her needs can only be filled by herself and her use of her personal
gifts. Loose Girl should be a
requirement for every young girl to read.
Kerry bares her pain and mistakes for all to read. She tells us about the shame and loneliness
she feels despite sleeping with numerous men.
She tells us about the sexually transmitted diseases she contracts. She leaves nothing out. Most of all, she tells us that sex is not the
answer to her fulfillment. There is a
happy ending to the story as Kerry finally meets the right guy for her. But that is not what ultimately makes her
happy. What makes her happy is that she
finally meets herself.
Book Room Grade
B+
Review Posted: June 16, 2008
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