{"product_id":"just-checking-scenes-from-the-life-of-an-obsessive-compulsive-9780671024383","title":"Just Checking: Scenes from the Life of an Obsessive-Compulsive","description":"\u003ci\u003eAs my friend the heroin addict says, \"You're only as sick as your secrets.\"\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 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 \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ejust checking\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 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. \u003cbr\u003e 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Emily Colas\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Atria Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/01\/1999\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 176\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.50lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.40h x 5.40w x 0.50d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780671024383\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEmily 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\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Atria Books","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44945273782387,"sku":"9780671024383","price":19.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/files\/img_f7cf7751-2f6e-4b0e-9698-7a87dded689f.jpg?v=1778343186","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/en-de\/products\/just-checking-scenes-from-the-life-of-an-obsessive-compulsive-9780671024383","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}