Publisher's Synopsis
"I think we're all cracked and scarred and some of us maybe even have a chasm or two or four. Some of us are more tuned into our landscape. Maybe a few have put together a road map of trauma and triggers. Days and distances and despair to be avoided. I find myself tripping over the same cracks I identified over a decade ago. Are these the markings that create the unique current of my life? Is this a sign of hard-headedness, weakness, unresolved turmoil, emotional instability, and/or old habits dying hard? Is it something more clinical?Is tripping even a problem? Is there a steady cadence in this life? And if so, what kind of life is that associated with? Would it leave me happy and fulfilled? Would it leave me looking for a little crazy? I don't mind the trips. I worry about a fall." Get Your Shit Together Girl tells the story of a classic white, middle class, nineteen-year-old female waging a multi-year battle with bulimia and substance use, journaling her way through years of parental bumbling, treatment hopes and letdowns, systemic failures, and haunting decisions. Told in a diary-style format-and often through the lens of early adopter social media-these teen years are juxtaposed ten years later with the same girl-turned-woman sifting through the trauma of that time and doing everything within her power to get honest with herself, unearth the past, and heal-at last. Set in the mid-2000s and 2015, respectively, Get Your Shit Together Girl offers a pre-Obamacare glimpse into the American healthcare system and a pre-Trump take on self-help modalities, mental health treatment, and fighting for the life you truly want with all you've got.
