The Way She Feels: My Life on the Borderline in Pictures and Pieces -- Courtney Cook, Paperback

What 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.

In my illustrated memoir, The Way She Feels: My Life on the Borderline in Pictures and Pieces, 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.

Author: Courtney Cook
Publisher: Tin House Books
Published: 06/29/2021
Pages: 250
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.00lbs
Size: 8.50h x 6.60w x 0.70d
ISBN: 9781951142599

Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Reviews 04/01/2021
Publishers Weekly 05/31/2021