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Book Review of LOOSE GIRL: A MEMOIR OF PROMISCUITY

LOOSE GIRL: A MEMOIR OF PROMISCUITY
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LOOSE GIRL is a shocking yet honest autobiography of a life of sex. From the time she was eleven, Kerry, with her broken excuse for a family, craves the attentions of guys, guys, guys for the love she never has. She believes that intercourse and other sexual acts are the way to get the love she wants, only to find that her so-called "relationships" are often drowned to death by her desperate need for confirmation of his desire for her.

Sex is a woman's best weapon, Kerry says, and proves that as she uses her appeal to attract over thirty guys in the course of about fifteen years. However, with every man she sleeps with--and yes, there are some whose name she can't recall--Kerry never gets the satisfaction she wants. This young woman's life is a destructive cycle that cannot stop until she has forgiven herself and her loveless and flawed family first.

In a time of increased teenage promiscuity, LOOSE GIRL sends an especially important message, about how you cannot find the love you need by having lots and lots of casual sex. Instead, you must first love and forgive yourself and your family before you can have a successful relationship.