{"product_id":"the-way-she-feels-isbn-9781951142599","title":"The Way She Feels","description":"\u003cb\u003eFinalist for the 2022 Lammy Award for Bisexual \u0026amp; the 2022 Heartland Booksellers Award\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA Book Riot Best Book of the Year\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Audaciously human and raw. The Way She Feels is a rainbow during the rain.” ―Mara Altman\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA witty and one-of-a-kind debut graphic memoir detailing and drawing the life of a girl with borderline personality disorder finding her way―and herself―one day at a time.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhat does it feel like to fall in love too hard and too fast, to hate yourself in equal and opposite measure? To live in such fear of rejection that you drive friends and lovers away? Welcome to my world. I’m Courtney, and I have borderline personality disorder (BPD), along with over four million other people in the United States. Though I’ve shown every classic symptom of the disorder since childhood, I wasn’t properly diagnosed until nearly a decade later, because the prevailing theory is that most people simply “grow out of it.” Not me.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn my illustrated memoir, \u003ci\u003eThe Way She Feels: My Life on the Borderline in Pictures and Pieces\u003c\/i\u003e, I share what it’s been like to live and love with this disorder. Not just the hospitalizations, treatments, and residential therapy, but the moments I found comfort in cereal, the color pink, or mini corndogs; the days I couldn’t style my hair because I thought the blow-dryer was going to hurt me; the peace I found when someone I love held me. This is a book about vulnerability, honesty, acceptance, and how to speak openly—not only with doctors, co-patients, friends, family, or partners, but also with ourselves.\"A tender, relatable book from a commanding new voice.\"—\u003cb\u003eBustle\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Candid.... depicts [mental health issues] with humor and vulnerability.\"—\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Candid and endearing. . . . In addition to a moving personal story, Cook provides a funny, heartfelt guide to borderline personality disorder and a distillation of adolescent tortures many readers will recognize. A poignant debut from a promising writer and illustrator.\"—\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus\u003c\/i\u003e, Starred Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"The Way She Feels\u003c\/i\u003e is a lifeline to anyone who’s ever felt alone.\" —\u003cb\u003ePiper Weiss, author of\u003ci\u003e You All Grow Up and Leave Me\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Audaciously human and raw. \u003ci\u003eThe Way She Feels\u003c\/i\u003e is a rainbow during the rain.\" —\u003cb\u003eMara Altman, author of \u003ci\u003eGross Anatomy\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Moving.... [Cook's] work makes the disorder a little less scary, taboo, and misunderstood. She writes candidly about her experiences with self-harm, dermatillomania (obsessive skin-picking), and numerous hospitalizations in an astounding way that feels like reading a friend’s diary. In fact, it often feels like she was one of my friends in high school. The book is raw, but also full of humor, heart, and oh so many bright colors.\"—\u003cb\u003eBook Riot\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A brave unveiling of the reality of borderline personality disorder.\"—\u003cb\u003ePaperback Paris\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Pack[s] a powerful emotional punch.\"—\u003cb\u003eEarly Bird Books, 10 Mental Health Memoirs From Writers Who Have Been There\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Informative and necessary.\"—\u003cb\u003eNew Letters\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A smart, funny graphic memoir about living with BPD.\"—\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eMarbles Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A brutally honest look at living with mental illness. \u003ci\u003eVery\u003c\/i\u003e relatable (and reassuring) for those of us who’ve been\/are there.\" —\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSchool Library Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eCourtney Cook is a writer, illustrator, teacher, and lover of naps. Courtney received an undergraduate degree from the University of Michigan and an MFA in creative nonfiction from the University of California, Riverside. She grew up in Winnetka, Illinois, and now resides in Chicago with her cat, Bertie.","brand":"Tin House","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48233764782309,"sku":"NP9781951142599","price":18.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781951142599.jpg?v=1767742157","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/the-way-she-feels-isbn-9781951142599","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}