Because We Are Bad: OCD and a Girl Lost in Thought

by Lily Bailey

Book Overview

A Washington Post Best Book of 2018

"One of the best books] I have read on the phenomenology of OCD."--Scott Stossel, the Washington Post

Written with the indelible power of Girl, Interrupted, Brain on Fire, and Reasons to Stay Alive, a lyrical, poignant memoir by a young woman about her childhood battle with debilitating obsessive compulsive disorder, and her hard-won journey to...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0062696165
• ISBN13: 9780062696168
• Release Date: April 2018
• Publisher: Harper
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 1.06 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.1" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

One woman’s journey

Lily had no way to know what she was living was not typical. As she grew, she began to understand, but not without a hard battle. I loved this book (listened to on audio). I loved it enough to buy a physical copy to read and make notes in. I can relate to some degree, and it is liberating to know I’m not alone!