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Chargement... Come Cleanpar Terri Paddock
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Inscrivez-vous à LibraryThing pour découvrir si vous aimerez ce livre Actuellement, il n'y a pas de discussions au sujet de ce livre. After one night of teenage drinking, fifteen-year-old Justine finds herself in an addiction rehabilitation centre 'Come Clean' along with a number of other teenage addicts. The program that these kids have to undergo to break them of their habits include strip searches, humiliation, bullying and torture, and are described in quite horrific detail. Yet despite the conditions, Justine remains strong, courageous and defiant. This is not an enjoyable book, but it is certainly compelling as the reader feels Justine's fear and confusion as she struggles to maintain her identity. Sadly though, she also discovers why her twin brother is longer with her. ( ) It's probably been about five or six years since I first read this book but I can still remember it to this day, it really affected me. I don't tend to review books that I haven't read in years for the obvious reason that they won't be as detailed or accurate. And I unfortunately don't have this to hand in order to pull some miraculous quote from it. The reason I want to write a review is because this little unheard-of gem greatly deserves one. When I added it to my 'read' shelf on goodreads I couldn't believe just how few people have read, rated and reviewed it. The story is about a girl (Justine) whose extremely strict and religious father sends her to a boot-camp-style rehabilitation centre simply for acting like most teenagers her age do - going out and getting drunk. Her one night as a regular teen lands her in this facility where she is mentally and sexually abused. The story constantly alludes to Justine's brother - Joshua - and we gradually get some kind of picture of what happened to him as the plot unfolds. It becomes clear early on that Joshua has died and was also sent to the rehab centre prior to his death. It's a book that is both horrifying and sad, and definitely should have more reads than this. It's one of those that left me feeling slightly shell-shocked and wondering just who I could recommend it to. I don't know how available it is anymore and I don't know if anyone will actually read it following this review but at least I've done my part for a book that's still a favourite to this day. The book had a dual-storyline focusing on current events and past events relating to the protagonist. I found the book to be a very good read but at particular times, though not explicitly, it was vulgar. The vulgarity contained within the novel is absolutely fine if you are over sixteen. I wouldn't recommend this book to anyone under that age. In saying that, very hard to put this book down! aucune critique | ajouter une critique
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Mesmerising, moving novel from exceptional new author about one girl's struggle to cope after being wrongly admitted to a boot-camp-style rehabilitation centre. A powerful and page-turning read. Justine is trying to cope with the desperate loneliness she feels now her twin brother, Joshua, no longer lives at home. After trying to drown her feelings with her first ever experiment with alcohol, she is woken early by her mother one Sunday morning. Bundled into the car by her livid parents, Justine is driven to Come Clean, a rehabilitation centre for drug addicts and alcoholics. Confused, vulnerable and covered with vomit from her first hangover, Justine is forcibly admitted to cure her "addiction". There she begins a strict boot-camp routine of humiliation and discipline, where they attempt to strip her of her identity in order to rebuild her a better person. Justine escapes the daily torture at the centre by talking to Joshua in her head, reflecting back on their childhood and trying to puzzle out why her brother was a tortured soul... and why he chose to leave her. Because of the intensely personal nature of the narrative, this book engages the reader instantly and, however tough the subject matter, it is a real page-turner. At its heart, Come Clean is about a girl's inability to deal her grief and her family's ignorance of her pain. Justine shows strength, resilience, courage and hope while living a nightmare reality. This is a book which should and will attract controversy, as teenagers and society struggle to identify the problems and the treatment for drug and other teenage addictions. Aucune description trouvée dans une bibliothèque |
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