![]() ![]() However, she also suffered from a rare form of OCD which wasn’t diagnosed until she was much older. For Traig was no “ordinary” teenager.įrom the ages of 12 to 18, Traig suffered from a slew of Obsessive Compulsive Disorders (OCD): the most common being the obsessive hand washing and several stints with anorexia. Yet in her debut memoir, Devil in the Details, Jennifer Traig makes a conscious decision to return to her California adolescence of the late 70s and early 80s – an adolescence that is at turns harrowing and humorous. But, invariably they do – with the former pubescents from Hell moving on to productive adult lives. It’s a wonder sometimes how both the teenagers and the parents survive. Endless hours on the telephone, picky eating habits, emotional outbursts. CLR Devil In DisguiseĪll parents of adolescents despair of them, particularly those with teenage daughters. Devil In The Details by Jennifer Traig Little, Brown & Company, 246 pp. ![]()
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