Well, we have a winner in our Words Move Me Sony Reader Pocket Edition Giveaway!
We had A LOT of great entries and I learned about some great new books to add to my reading list, but I could only pick just one winner. I actually made a list of my top 20 entries and I asked my Mom help me pick from there because it wasn’t an easy choice.
So many of you had books that obviously had a profound impact on your life or hold special memories for you, but there was one entry that stood out as a book not only impacting this person’s life but literally transforming it and quite possibly saving it.
The winner is….
This one is difficult, there are quite a few books that have made an impact. But I have to say that Wally Lamb’s “She’s Come Undone” would be the number one. A good friend gave it to me just after I was hospitalized for attempted suicide, not the first time I had been there either. I had been depressed and in and out of hospitals for years because I pulled stunts like that. I thought there was something terribly wrong with me, that I was broken for good.
I read the book in the hospital, between all the therapy groups and art projects, and reading that book made more of a difference to me than every group they made me go to. I had already been diagnosed with Borderline Personality, but I never understood it until I read the book.
Reading it was like watching a movie of myself, it was both sad and amazing to learn so much about my ‘condition’ in that way. I have read the book about seven times since then, and I have yet to attempt anything stupid or have to be hospitalized since. Going on 5 years….
that got out of hand, I only meant to write what the book was! LOL Sorry!
Congratulations Eve!
About Kim
Eve –
I am afraid that I can identify with you and will be looking for this book.
Christine, I am sorry you can identify, I know it sucks to be there. But I am glad you are planning on reading it, I hope it helps you like it helps me. It is not a self help book, those never helped me, it helped me because I could relate, and seeing myself in her showed me what I was doing to myself and my family and friends, it ‘woke’ me up I guess, and made me realize that I ‘could’ be ok.
Another good one was prozac nation, that one made me laugh a little too, but it had the same type of effect on me too.
Good luck and hang in there. email me if you ever need to vent or cry or talk or anything. :-) evelester@gmail.com
Eve,
Thank you so much for responding to Christine!
Christine,
I just wanted thank you for stopping by, and to let you know that Eve left you a comment, so when you get a chance, come by and check it out.
Congratulations, Eve! I’m going to look for that book. I have a family member it may help, thanks!