Cut

by PatriciaMcCormick (Author)

• Used

  Paperback
  2002

  $6.14

  This debut novel deals boldly with mental illness and is by turns riveting, thrilling and heartbreaking. Teens will relate to the adolescent drama and all-important friends as the main character tries to cut it. The bittersweet tale will resonate in the turbulent world of young adults and its readers will find hope in its uplifting end.

• Used

  Paperback
  2002

  $3.25

  You say it's up to me to do the talking. You lean forward and your black leather chair groans, like a living thing. Like the cow it was before somebody killed it and turned it into a chair in a shrink's office in a loony bin! Fifteen-year old Callie is so withdrawn that she's not speaking to anyone -- including her therapist at Sea Pines, known to its guests as 'Sick Minds' -- the residential treatment facility where her parents and doctor send her after discovering that she cuts herself. Her story unfolds primarily through dramatic monologues, gradually revealing the family turmoil that led to her self-destructive behaviour.