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Summary: hands down.
Review: anyone who thought it was "confusing" should really consider reading it again. the first time i read it, i liked it. the second time i read it, i loved it. by the third time, i realized that this really is the best book i've ever read.
it's confusing at times, yeah, just like real life can get. and this book is as real as they come. not only do i like the honesty of it, i also love the way it's written, in poems. the ugliest of things are spoken of in the most beautiful words.
this is, hands down, my favourite book.
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Summary: I went to school with Eireann Corrigan
Review: from 4th grade through middle school and knew her reasonably well. She is stunningly talented, and that is understating it. She was an accomplished flutist, a die-hard Hoya fan, and 100% dedicated to her writing. I purchased this book last year and could not put it down - she's been through hell and back, and shares it in such a haunting, beautiful way. I cannot wait to read anything and everything else she publishes.
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Summary: Honest and Powerful
Review: I am not, in general, a big fan of free-verse poetry; most that I've read is pretentious and disappointing. In this memoir, however, Eireann Corrigan shows how powerful and wonderful the form can be. With the honesty of firsthand experience driving the words, the poetry breaks free of the all-too-common trap of self-importance. The book seems to uncannily bypass conscious response and transmit its messages directly to the deepest, most vulnerable regions of the reader's soul.At first the prospect of reading 123 pages of short poems about a woman's struggles with anorexia and bulimia might seem daunting, or even tiresome, but You Remind Me Of You quickly does away with any such apprehensions. The poems do not, as might be expected (or feared), retread the same piece of ground. Instead, they map that area so delicately and traverse it so carefully that no syllable seems extraneous. Corrigan explores facets of the experience that I would never have even known existed -- ways in which she affected others, others affected her, she affected herself, or others affected one another. The author pulls no punches in relating her experiences, and the effect is unlike anything I've ever experienced. I am a rather cynical reader, not given to exaggerated emotional response. This book, however, brought tears to my eyes -- not tears of admiration or artistic appreciation so much as tears of sorrow at understanding (in some small, vicarious way) the experiences she had. More than that, I was physically affected by the reading: my breaths came as irregular gasps; my limbs and digits quivered; my throat became dry; my heart pumped furiously. This is a raw book, and although its scope is perhaps somewhat narrower than those of other raw books (about, say, war or epidemics), its power is undeniable. I recommend it, and urge all readers to take the time to focus on it and allow its effects to be fully felt, for then it will be at its best.
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Summary: SOME OF THE *BEST* POETRY I'VE READ!!
Review: I first read YOU REMIND ME OF YOU because I loved Billy Merrell's TALKING IN THE DARK so much... and I have to say that these PUSH books are just great. The poetry they have for "kids" just sucks and I hate what they have for adults. But Billy and Eirean are better than of of that.
I hope that Eirean writes MORE BOOKS. I just bought SPLINTERING and hope it is as good as it looks. I love the cover!
Anyway, though. IF you haven't bought this book, buy it already.
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Summary: Uplifting and Amazing
Review: I'm not sure that calling this a "how to book on bulemia" sums it all up, actually, it doesnt at all. This book was powerful and memorable, something i simply could not put down. It goes through the life of a teenage girl struggling with an eating disorder [as you might already know] but it also deals with the attempted suicide of her boyfriend Daniel. Don't be frightened by it being called a poetry memoir, its more like a different story on each page. So, if you're afraid of free-verse poetry don't at all be alarmed by it. I highly suggest this book be read by teenage girls and others alike.
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Summary: wow
Review: This book is absolutely amazing and has taken me back to my times of sorrow dealing with bulimia....although it has helped me because I can relate and some of her words were so powerful and brought me back to those times...it was haunting....I recommend anyone who has been through this or has had a friend dealing with this....read it because you can relate to it or find out how someone else is feeling
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Summary: Amazing!
Review: This book is one of the best I've read. In so many ways, I found myself able to relate to different parts of Eireann's life. As a writer myself, I was intrigued by her style of writing and her grasp of language. Writing a poetry memoir is a unique and original idea and I would love to read more memoirs like this. I would also love to read more of Eireann's poetry.
I started reading this book late at night, thinking I'd just read a few of the poems and then go to sleep. Wrong. I couldn't put the book down. Eireann's words...her style just pull you in and keep you reading from the first page, to the end. It is more than just a book about the struggles of a teenager--it goes beyond that. Each poem is it's own story, yet they follow in chronological order. I would reccommend this book to anyone.
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Summary: my responce:
Review: This book showed quite a bit of interest to me. This book is a pwerful read that will also apeal to many adults aswell. When Eireann was told that she was too fat to take to prom, she became deeply depressed and decied to to go into serious weight loss. Her relationship with daniel continued even when Eireann was involved with bulimia, anoexia, and near death. When Daniel attempts to commit suicide she gradually recovers to give her boyfriend a hand with his health and takes care of him. It is very creative to make a book of poems that all add togther to create an intense story that i couldnt put down. I understodd why everything she wrote. She had a beautiful abilty to explain wat she went through without showing self pity or shame.
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Summary: Funny, Smart, Real...GREAT.
Review: This is my very favorite book!
Eireann's story is the most elegant retelling of what it's like to be sick, to be sad in your teens and what love can [and cannot] do to save you. It is both a heartrending account of a terribly sad illness, the way in which that illness turns you into your own worst enemy, and the possibilty for healing and for love. I read the whole book in one afternoon cause I couldn't put it down. It's so real. Not only is it an elegant account of her sickness but also jut about the best depiction of teenage love I have read. Eireann really understands the way in which teens believe and act in accordance with an idea of a higher, truer, better love. It is also about coming to understand just how much love can help you--and what love can't do. Ultimately Eireann got better because she understood the dead-end nihilism of her situation and chose to make herself better. I expected to be moved. I didn't expect to laugh so much and to laugh and cry on the same page. Her ability to move the reader from the bitter to the sweet and back again, often within the same passage, is the mark of a poet fully in control of her craft and honest and playful with her life.
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Summary: excellent poetry memoir
Review: You Remind Me of You by Eireann Corrigan is about her unfortunate life of depression, eating disorders, and love. She went through lots of problems, all starting with a little bit of self-hatred. Her boyfriends suicide attempt goes wrong and she has to bring him back to health. Towards the end of the book, the focus turns on her boyfriend and their relationship, but the book is still good. I recommend this book to anyone who enjoys poetry, or has ever has problems such as depression or just enjoys reading memoirs.
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