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Young Author Tells Her Story of Self Harm and Mutilation - Dancing in the Rain: the Final Cut by Tara Nicole
Teenage author Tara Nicole shares her experience of cutting and tells her story of self harm and mutilation. She shares how she triumphed over this habit and reveals her passion to reach out and help other teenagers and young people.
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May 31, 2008 (FPRC) -- Self mutilation has sometimes been described as the “new anorexia” affecting 1% of the American population. 1 in 10 adolescents have hurt themselves at least once, be it: cutting, burning, pins, etc. most common of which is cutting. Girls growing up in today’s world are under tremendous pressures; magazines telling them they aren’t thin enough, standardized tests telling them they aren’t smart enough or social rankings that say they aren’t popular enough. This book is based on a true life story. It is about growing up and taking control of your life. It is about finding strength within yourself, and knowing that you don’t have to live with depression and self-mutilation.
Drue is a teenager who falls in love for the first time in high school; she goes through the struggles of the average American female teenager: first crushes, heartbreak, SATs, alcohol, insecurities and the attempt to find out who she is and who she wants to be. After a gruelling experience she comes out strong and is still ‘dancing in the rain’.
The author tells her story - with the hope that those who are discouraged and feel alone will realise that they are not, that they've got what it takes to pull through and as this book says; 'Everything is okay in the end, if it's not okay then it's not the end'
Tara began writing this book at 18 by keeping a journal about what was going on in my life as a way of explaining and making real what happened. It was about her life, so it didn't start as a book, it started as a journal. It later became a story, and took on a life of its own. “Even though there is so much of me in it, it is still a novel. I think that’s what makes it so great. It's a real story, my story, but hopefully can be relevant to anyone. It is a huge accomplishment to have a book published at a young age. The moments that I really feel successful are those times when I get the emails from people reaching out to me for help, or telling me about how my book has touched them. At those moments it is a truly amazing feeling because I know I am changing the world just a little bit at a time, I like making a difference.” Tara comments.
Dancing in the Rain: the Final Cut can be obtained at the following address: http://www.pneumasprings.co.uk/Dancing%20in%20the%20Rain.htm
Send an email to Yomi Akinpelu of pneuma springs publishing
07790432029
Keywords:
The Final Cut, Tara Nicole, pneuma springs publishing
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