Loose Girl
A Memoir of Promiscuity
By Kerry Cohen
(Hyperion, Paperback, 9781401309923, 240pp.)
Publication Date: June 2009
Other Editions of This Title: Compact Disc, , , Hardcover
Categories: Women, Personal Memoirs
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Selected by Indie Booksellers for the July 2008 Indie Notables"Cohen's brutal honesty about her relentless quest for companionship is refreshingly relatable."
--Entertainment Weekly
"Cohen recounts her harrowing litany of hookups through clear, poignant, spare-no-details prose."
--Marie Claire
Kerry Cohen's journey from that hopeless place to her current confident and fulfilled existence is both a cautionary tale and a revelation.
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.
Kerry Cohen is a psychotherapist who works with teens and their families. She received her MFA in creative writing from the University of Oregon and an MA in counseling psychology. A mother of two, she is a native of New Jersey but makes her home in Portland, Oregon.
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