In her first novel, Kissing Doorknobs, Terry Spencer Hesser has written an inspiring, often humorous novel about Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, a topic that merits discussion and compassion. Fourteen-year-old Tara Sullivan has always been a worrier. On the surface, she has been able to behave like a normal girl. But when she is 11 years old, she hears a phrase that changes her life: Step on a crack, break your mother's back. Now, everywhere she goes, Tara must count every crack in the sidewalk. If she gets interrupted or loses her place, she has to go home and start all over again. As she gets older, her "habits" don't get better--they change and increase. She has to arrange her meals, recite prayers, and chat with her dolls, over and over again. Tara does not know why she has these habits, she just knows that she has no choice: she has to complete the rituals. Then one day, before leaving the house, she finds herself kissing her fingertips and touching the doorknob . . . . Terry Spencer Hesser is a screenwriter and a documentary filmmaker. Kissing Doorknobs is based on her personal experience with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder.

Kissing Doorknobs

Teen & Young Adult

Hesser, Terry Spencer

Literature & Fiction

Delacorte Books for Young Readers

During her preschool years, Tara Sullivan lived in terror that something bad would happen to her mother while they were apart. In grade school, she panicked during the practice fire drills. Practice for what?, Tara asked. For the upcoming disaster that was bound to happen? Then, at the age of 11, it happened. Tara heard the phrase that changed her life: Step on a crack, break your mother's back. Before Tara knew it, she was counting every crack in the sidewalk. Over time, Tara's "quirks" grew and developed: arranging her meals on plates, nonstop prayer rituals, until she developed a new ritual wherin she kissed her fingers and touched doorknobs....

Kissing Doorknobs (Laurel-Leaf Books)

Children's Books

Laurel-Leaf

Fourteen-year-old Tara describes how her increasingly strange compulsions begin to take over her life and affect her relationships with her family and friends

Demco Media

FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. Fourteen-year-old Tara describes how her increasingly strange compulsions begin to take over her life and affect her relationships with her family and friends.

Kissing Doorknobs (Turtleback School & Library Binding Edition)

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Turtleback Books

Fourteen-year-old Tara describes how her increasingly strange compulsions begin to take over her life and affect her relationships with her family and friends.

Thorndike Pr

Tyrannen im Kopf. Taras Geschichte. ( Ab 12 J.).

Sauerländer

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Kissing Doorknobs

Kissing Doorknobs (Laurel-Leaf Books)

Kissing Doorknobs

Kissing Doorknobs (Turtleback School & Library Binding Edition)

Kissing Doorknobs

Tyrannen im Kopf. Taras Geschichte. ( Ab 12 J.).