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353 pp.
| Simon Pulse
| September, 2017
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TradeISBN 978-1-4814-8918-8$17.99
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EbookISBN 978-1-4814-8920-1
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YA
After a terrifying nightmare, teenage Allison becomes obsessed with protecting herself and her family from the cancer she's sure lurks everywhere. Her dark journey into sudden-onset OCD is terrifying: each page of Britz's raw memoir chronicles her increasingly regimented world, and readers will sigh with relief when she finally seeks help. Deeply affecting, this is an essential addition to collections of books on mental illness. Websites.