Just Checking: Scenes from the life of an obsessive-compulsive

Colas, Emily

ISBN 10: 0671024388 / ISBN 13: 9780671024383

Published by Atria Books, 1999

About this Item

The item shows wear from consistent use, but it remains in good condition and works perfectly. All pages and cover are intact including the dust cover, if applicable . Spine may show signs of wear. Pages may include limited notes and highlighting. May NOT include discs, access code or other supplemental materials.

Seller Inventory # 4WILKM00OVIV

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Just Checking: Scenes from the life of an obsessive-compulsive
• Publisher: Atria Books
• Publication Date: 1999
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0671024388
• ISBN 13: 9780671024383
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: good

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Synopsis

As my friend the heroin addict says, "You're only as sick as your secrets."
Emily Colas -- young, intelligent, well-educated wife and mother of two -- had a secret that was getting in the way of certain activities. Like touching people. Having a normal relationship with her husband. Socializing. Getting a job. Eating out. Like leaving the house. Soon there was no interval in her life when she was not
just checking
This raw, darkly comic series of astonishing vignettes is Emily Colas' achingly honest chronicle of her twisted journey through the obsessive-compulsive disorder that came to dominate her world. In the beginning it was germs and food. By the time she faced the fact that she was really "losing it," Colas had become a slave to her own "hobbies" -- from the daily hair cutting to incessant inspections of her children's clothing for bloodstains.
A shocking, hilarious, enormously appealing account of a young woman struggling to gain control of her life, this is Emily Colas' exposé of a soul tormented, but balanced by a buoyance of spirit and a piercing sense of humor that may be her saving grace.

About the Author

Emily Colas is an author. Her book Just Checking: Scenes From the Life of an Obsessive-Compulsive, illustrates her struggle with obsessive-compulsive disorder, and the effects it had on her life and family. She lives in Los Angeles