tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5343757567267889654.post7181248511786010973..comments2023-09-25T12:01:02.591-04:00Comments on The Literary Word - Book Reviews: Bloodletting: A Memoir of Secrets, Self-Harm & Survival by Victoria LeathamCharlene Martelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08780533933122108482noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5343757567267889654.post-75263979204268555282011-04-23T17:35:20.967-04:002011-04-23T17:35:20.967-04:00Thank you for sharing that Daaa. It's good to ...Thank you for sharing that Daaa. It's good to know that others out there found this as great as I did.Charlene Martelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08780533933122108482noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5343757567267889654.post-6759431950079614352011-04-22T13:23:44.482-04:002011-04-22T13:23:44.482-04:00I came across this book when I was half-through wr...I came across this book when I was half-through writing my own...about the issues similar to these of Victoria Leatham. <br />I, too, have gone through a hell of self-harm, depression, abusive relationships and all that, in my case, was intensified by a few psychotic episodes. I started to write my own book as a kind of self prescribed therapy. Reading "Bloodletting" helped me a lot to come to terms with certain issues of my own life. After reading that I felt even stronger in my own fights with the "demons". <br />Well done to Victoria for putting an enourmous effort into writing a book. I know how difficult it is to write a story of your own life and well done for decision to publish it. It must have been "helluva" decision to make it public and, as we in Slovakia say, to take your skin to the market. I never had a guts to offer mine to a publisher :(( <br />I really recommend "Bloodletting" to everyone. It should help people to better understand those who chose self-harm as their way of copying with day-to-day reality.<br />And I would also recommend it to those - sufferers, as it can give them a hope that one day they can learn how to deal with their issues without a help of razors, knives or lighters; and that there is a light at the end of the long and very dark tunnel. Good luck to all..<br />DaaaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com