But this book is charming and remarkably clever. And for a writer the challenges of writing narrative in first person, articulating personal traumatic experiences coupled with living the experience is exceptionally hard. Writing autobiography’s can be a challenge. I especially liked how effortlessly the story flowed. Laurie Gough is a remarkable and gifted story teller! Absolutely riveting! I loved it! A fitting tribute to her father’s death, and her sons illness from OCD. I was totally immersed and profoundly moved by such sweet devotion by a mother to help her child through the grieving process. This is a personal, very intimate story told beautifully with a poignant simplicity that shows the levels a mother will go to protect her child. This moving story is highly recommended as a beacon of hope for those experiencing OCD and their loved ones.A story that touches the core of human emotion. With help from family and friends, Quinn confronts this inner bully. Gough characterizes OCD as an insatiable monster that gets hungrier the more one gives in to it. The family sought help from doctors, and Quinn began treatment with a type of cognitive-behavioral therapy. Gough details behaviors and beliefs that soon made it impossible for Quinn to attend school or live as he previously had: tapping his knees and twisting his head in symmetry rituals, clenching his fists to hold magic bubbles that were essential to his obsession with winning a race at the 2024 Olympics, and other rituals he believed would bring his grandfather back to life. Quinn had been a healthy, carefree boy, but signs of OCD surfaced after several months of deep grief following the death of his grandfather, with whom he had been very close.
Veteran travel writer Gough (Kite Strings of the Southern Cross) recounts a different kind of journey that began when her 10-year-old son experienced the sudden onset of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD).
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