Review by Brynn Haley, grade 10
Kerry Cohen tells her personal story in this memoir of how she spent her life searching for love from others, because she had difficulty loving herself.
Kerry longed for the attention of men because it made her feel that she was wanted; it made her feel a false sense of love. Like an addiction, she could never get enough, and she spent her life looking for that fix she could never seem to find.
In a way, Kerry knew that what she felt with boys was far from love, but she didn't want to acknowledge that. She felt secure in her way of life, even though she was being used and mistreated most of the time.
It took Kerry until she was older to realize that self-worth and acceptance have to come from oneself, not others. She had to learn this lesson before she was capable of loving another person completely, and finally she could settle into a meaningful, long-term relationship, which is what she knew she wanted with a man all along.
This book teaches an important lesson about what love is and what we'll do for it, and I'd recommend this book to any girl or woman, and the men who care about the women in their lives as well.
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