Dead Inside by Cyndy Etler

Dead Inside by Cyndy Etler

This fast-paced memoir that New York Times bestselling author Ellen Hopkins called Compelling. Scary. Totally real gives readers a glimpse into the unbelievable reality of a young girl's 16 months in the notorious tough love program the ACLU called a concentration camp for throwaway kids.

I never was a badass. Or a slut, a junkie, or a stoner, like they told me I was. I was just a kid looking for something good, something that felt like love. I was a wannabe in a Levi's jean jacket. Anybody could see that. Except my mother. And the staff at Straight.

I was thirteen when I ran away from my abusive home. After a month in a shelter for kids--the best month of my childhood--my mother heard about Princess Di and First Lady Nancy Reagan's visit to this place that was working miracles with troubled teens. Straight Inc., it was called.

Straight described itself as a drug rehab, a direction for youth. Strictly false advertising. An accurate description came from the ACLU, which called it A concentration camp for throwaway teens. Inside the windowless warehouse, Straight used bizarre and intimidating methods to treat us; to turn us into the type of kids our parents wanted. The Dead Inside takes readers behind Straight's closed doors, illustrating why the program was eventually investigated, sued, and closed down for abusing children.

Raw and absorbing, Etler's voice captivates--Kirkus Reviews
An] unnerving and heartrending memoir.--Publishers Weekly
Etler weaves her story with conviction, self-deprecating humor, and hard facts--Booklist
This is a memoir unlike anything else on the shelves today--Germ Magazine

Etler, Cyndy: - A modern-day Cinderella, Cyndy Etler was homeless at fourteen, summa cum laude at thirty. In her current work as a teacher and teen life coach, Etler happily teaches teens that books are better than drugs. She lives with her husband and dogs in North Carolina. Find her at CyndyEtler.com.

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ISBN 13	9781492635734
ISBN 10	1492635731
Titel	Dead Inside
Autor	Cyndy Etler
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Bindungsart	Hardback
Verlag	Sourcebooks, Inc
Erscheinungsjahr	2017-04-04
Seitenanzahl	304
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