LOOSE GIRL: A MEMOIR OF PROMISCUITY
Book ID/图书代码： 12775006B09114
English Summary/英文概要： For everyone who was that girl.
For everyone who knew that girl.
For everyone who wondered who that girl was.
Kerry Cohen is eleven years old when she recognizes the power of her body in the leer of a grown man. Her parents are recently divorced and it doesn’t take long before their lassitude and Kerry’s desire to stand out--to be memorable in some way--combine to lead her down a path she knows she shouldn’t take. Kerry wanted attention. She wanted love. But not really understanding what love was, not really knowing how to get it, she reached for sex instead.
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. It didn’t matter who he was. It was their movement that mattered, their being together. And for a while, that was enough.
From the early rush of exploration to the day she learned to quiet the desperation and allow herself to love and be loved, Kerry’s story is never less than riveting. In rich and immediate detail, 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.
Kerry Cohen’s journey from that hopeless place to her current confident and fulfilled existence is a cautionary tale and a revelation for girls young and old. The unforgettable memoir of one young woman who desperately wanted to matter, Loose Girl will speak to countless others with its compassion, understanding, and love.
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 当Kerry的妈妈选择投奔事业后，Kerry和她性格孤僻的姐姐搬去和父亲同住，而她对男孩子的吸引力也逐渐增加。她开始接受男生的各种邀请，即使她长得并不是特别漂亮，她只是希望自己能被疼爱。
Kerry交了一个也十分喜欢和男生打得火热的朋友，她们开始一起在曼哈顿的酒吧瞎混。Kerry与一大帮男孩子参加以性为主题的派对，最后她终于把处女之夜给了一个并不怎么喜欢的男生。随后她的性伴侣数目就开始大幅度上升。每一次她都希望这个男孩是真正的爱她，但他们都不是。
读大学后，Kerry又开始连续与另一波男生约会，每一个留给她的都是短暂的期望。一个寒假，她与好友的男朋友上了床，她希望这个男人最后能选择她。但就像其它男人一样，他根本不曾考虑过与她发展成长期的男女恋人。同时，她的好友也发现了她的背叛，Kerry失去了她的朋友。
在持续的献身和失望过后，Kerry打算与Eli认真交往，一个喜欢她很久的男孩。她的妈妈建议Kerry反省自己的生活，对他人保有感恩之心，Kerry开始渐渐不再自我沉沦，以消极的态度来看世界。她还爱上了写作。但最后，随着时间的推移，她与Eli的关系开始渐渐变质。Kerry去参加心理治疗，想要解开心结。当Eli选择与另一个女孩在一起，与她分手后，Kerry走向了以前的老路。她又不断与一打男生发生性关系，想要寻找心中落寞的短暂安慰。
英俊的音乐家Leif、染有毒隐的Toby，她不断的与一个又一个的男人纠缠不清，沉迷在性的世界里，还放弃了她的写作爱好。
最后她又重新开始心理治疗，她开始跨出改变生活的第一步，她开始意识到自己的愚蠢行为。在一次艺术家集会上，她遇上了一个已婚男人，她知道这次如果接受他的好感会是非常不明智的选择，让她之前的治疗计划功亏一篑。不久，她终于知道在这一段又一段的关系里，她根本不会找到她真正想要的东西，她决定暂时远离男性。在这段时间里，她沉淀自己的感觉，发现没有了他们，她还是能够生活的很好。最后，她与Michael相遇了，一个她想要嫁给他的男人，有时她仍然会有挣扎，但她最后终于准备走向真正的亲密生活。
Awards/获奖情况："Kerry Cohen’s powerful, transfixing story will be familiar to many women, most of whom won’t want to admit it." -- Janice Erlbaum, author of Girlbomb: A Halfway Homeless Memoir
"Cohen’s clear-eyed, evocative, and engaging voice draws you into this harrowing story, into the heart of her addiction." -- Alison Smith, Name All the Animals
About the Author/作者介绍： Kerry Cohen received an MFA in creative writing from the University of Oregon and an MA in counseling psychology from Pacific University. A practicing psychotherapist and the author of the young adult novel Easy, she lives with her husband and two sons in Portland, Oregon.
Format:HARDCOVER
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