When you lose it
Longworth, Roxy2022
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A sharp-witted thirteen-year-old girl with a tendency towards self-destruction, Roxy Longworth's life implodes before her teenage years have even really begun. Her sisters, her father, and above all her mother, Gay, end up buried in the shrapnel, desperately trying to claw their way out. The fault lies with the vulturous older boys who have been circling Roxy for months, pecking away at her spirit. Or perhaps it lies with the blank-faced head teacher who let them get away with it. Or it lies with the counsellor, the professional who should have known better than to push her further into delusion and paranoia. Or does it lie with her mother, who was so hurt that she didn't notice all the signs in time? The woman who never fully understood. Or with Roxy, after all she was the one who pressed send on those photos.
Main title:
When you lose it / Roxy + Gay Longworth.
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Imprint:
London : Welbeck, 2022.London : Welbeck, 2022.
Collation:
345 pages ; 23 cm
ISBN:
9781802792188 (hbk)
Dewey class:
616.89
Language:
English
Subject:
Longworth, Roxy -- Mental healthLongworth, Roxy -- PsychologyLongworth, GayChild grooming (Child sexual abuse) -- Psychological aspectsPsychoses -- Patients -- Family relationships -- Great BritainHealth and WellbeingMemoirsTrue stories of heroism, endurance & survivalCare of the mentally illMental health servicesClinical & internal medicine
BRN:
2638995