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Sexuality, General & Miscellaneous Biography, Women's Biography, Emotional Healing, Psychology - Theory, History & Research, Women's Biography, Patient Narratives, Addiction & Recovery

Love Sick: One Woman's Journey Through Sexual Addiction

by Sue William Silverman
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Overview

Now a Lifetime Television original movie airing April 2008 with Sally Pressman, star of Army Wives.

In this powerful memoir, a woman learns to value herself—as a whole person rather than as a sexual object. Sue William Silverman tells of her roller-coaster life of sex and self-destructive behavior. Finally, addicted to danger itself, she seeks the help of a trusted therapist to discover what love really means.

Synopsis

Now a Lifetime Television original movie airing April 2008 with Sally Pressman, star of Army Wives.

O. Magazine

A self-proclaimed addict looks unflinchingly at the source of her sickness and her road to recovery.

About the Author, Sue William Silverman

Sue William Silverman won an Association of Writers and Writing Programs award for Because I Remember Terror, Father, I Remember You. A speaker on child abuse and addiction, she teaches at Vermont College of Fine Arts.

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Editorials

Deborah Tannen

Silverman shows how real [sexual addiction] is, how it really works, and how she was able to overcome it.

Elle

An honest, deeply chilling account of what it's like to suffer from a compulsion...look for love in...all the wrong places.

Molly Peacock

Sue William Silverman shines a bold light on sexual addiction in her riveting memoir.

O. Magazine

A self-proclaimed addict looks unflinchingly at the source of her sickness and her road to recovery.

recoveryworld.com

An important literary accomplishment, one that will move anyone who reads it.

Book Details

Published
February 1, 2008
Publisher
Norton, W. W. & Company, Inc.
Pages
272
Format
Paperback
ISBN
9780393333008

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