Turtles All the Way Down by John Green
2017
Aza has some mental health
issues. She has what she and her therapist describe as intrusive thoughts. Voices tell her to avoid situations that can introduce
germs into her body. This leads at one point to her drinking hand sanitizer. It
makes kissing problematic. She also has a festering wound on her finger where
she has picked off a callous. She constantly changes the plaster on this and obsesses
about keeping it clean.
Alongside all of this she is a normal adolescent, struggling
with relationships, with her mum, her best friend and almost boyfriend, Davis.
In addition we have a mystery story. Where has Davis’s father disappeared to? Billionaire Russell Pickett has gone into
hiding as the law is onto him. Davis has
to care for younger brother Noah.
As ever, John Green offers us a character with whom we can
empathise.
At the end of the book is a list of organisations that can help
those who suffer from mental health problems.
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