Recalling the agony of growing up as an obsessive-compulsive religious fanatic, Traig fearlessly confesses the most peculiar behaviour - like scrubbing her hands for a full half-hour before meals, feeding her stuffed animals before herself, and washing everything she owned because she thought it was contaminated by pork fumes!

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Traig, General Jennifer

Little, Brown and Co./Hachette Book Group

Little, Brown Books for Young Readers

Lippincott Williams & Wilkins

Sports Illustrated For Kids

Little, Brown and Company

United States, United States of America

Hachette Book Group, New York, 2004

New York, New York State, 2007

1st ed, New York, 2006, ©2004

Reprint, US, 2006

February 9, 2006

2, 2007

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Bookmarks:
1. (p1) SCRUPLES
1.1. (p2) Interstitial: A Guide to Proper Hand-Washing Technique
2. (p3) DEVIL IN THE DETAILS: A PRIMER
2.1. (p4) Interstitial: Musical Chairs: A Game
3. (p5) HALF BREED
3.1. (p6) Interstitial: Photo, Santa's Lap, 1974
4. (p7) THE GOOD BOOK
4.1. (p8) Interstitial My Sister's Room Is the Gateway to Death: A Two-Column Proof
5. (p9) FORBIDDEN FRUIT
5.1. (p10) Interstitial: Skinny Tomato Quiche from the Kosher Gourmet
6. (p11) TODAY I AM A MANIC
6.1. (p12) Interstitial: Global Events for Which I Considered Myself Responsible (a partial listing)
7. (p13) IDLE HANDS
7.1. (p14) Interstitial: Fun Things You Can Make with Kleenex
8. (p15) SUNRISE, SUNSET: THE HOLIDAYS
8.1. (p16) Interstitial: Culturally Inappropriate Gifts I Have Received from Santa Claus
9. (p17) ALL IS VANITY\ 154
9.1. (p18) Interstitial: Beauty Tips for Fastidious Girls
10. (p19) ORANGE GIRL
10.1. (p20) Interstitial: Sample SAT Questions for Obsessive- Compulsive Learners
11. (p21) SACRE BLEU
12. (p23) HELL ON WHEELS
13. (p25) SHALOM BAYIT

theme: Biography: general; Humour collections; &; anthologies; Biography And Autobiography; Mental Disorders; Biography; &; Autobiography; Biography/Autobiography; Biography/Autobiography; Mental Illness; Psychopathology-Compulsive Behavior; Specific Groups-General; Humor/Essays; Judaism-General; Personal Memoirs; Biography; Humor; Obsessive-compulsive disorder; Obsessive-compulsive disorder in children; Patients

<p>In the bestselling tradition of Running with Scissors and A Girl Named Zippy, Jennifer Traig tells an unforgettable story of youthful obsession.<p>When her father found the washing machine crammed with everything from her sneakers to her barrettes, 12-year-old Jennifer Traig had a simple explanation: theyd been tainted by the pork fumes emanating from the kitchen and had to be cleansed. The same fumes compelled Jennifer to meticulously wash her hands for 30 minutes before dinner: All scrubbed in for your big casserolectomy, Dr. Traig? her mother asked. It wasnt long before her family's exasperation made Jennifer realize that her behavior had gone beyond fastidious--in her own eyes, shed gone from quirky girl to raving lunatic.<p>Jennifer's childhood mania was the result of her undiagnosed Obsessive Compulsive Disorder joining forces with her Hebrew studies. While preparing for her bat mitzvah, she was introduced to an entire set of arcane laws and quickly made it her mission to follow them perfectly. Her parents nipped her religious obsession in the bud early on, but as her teen years went by, her natural tendency toward the extreme led her down different paths of adolescent agony and mortification.<p>Years later, Jennifer remembers these scenes with candor and humor. What emerges is a portrait of a well-meaning girl and her good-natured parents, and a very funny, very sharp look back at growing up.</p> <h3>Publishers Weekly</h3> <p>In this 1970s memoir, Traig describes how, from the age of 12 until her freshman year at Brandeis, she suffered from various forms of obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD), including anorexia and a rarer, hyper-religious form of OCD called scrupulosity, in which sanctified rituals such as hand washing and daily prayer are repeated in endless loops. The daughter of a Jewish father and a Catholic mother, Traig becomes obsessed with Jewish ritual, inventing her own prayers since her Jewish education is limited. Initially, Traig's family is amused; eventually, they try to help. Still, this memoir is less about suffering than it is about punch lines. When Traig swathes herself in head-to-toe flannel on hot summer days, her mother points to a scantily clad teenager on a talk show entitled My Teen Dresses Too Sexy and suggests Traig cool off like the adolescent in the red vinyl number with the cut-outs over the chest and fanny. Traig spoofs Jewish rituals, cracking up at elaborate bar mitzvahs produced like Las Vegas floor shows and the meticulous analysis that goes into deeming a food item kosher. The author's behavior makes her seem like a character on Seinfeld or Curb Your Enthusiasm, and her book is a funny though sometimes cursory look at mental illness. Agent, Emily Forland. (Sept.) Forecast: Readers who can't get enough of wacky childhood stories by Augusten Burroughs, David Sedaris and Haven Kimmel may like Traig's book. She'll make appearances at Jewish book fairs and in San Francisco, and her association with McSweeney's and the Forward (she contributes to both), as well as her recent essay in the New York Times Magazine, could draw audiences. Copyright 2004 Reed Business Information.</p>

Jennifer Traig's memoir Devil in the Details paints a portrait of a well-meaning Jewish girl and her good-natured parents, and takes a very funny, very sharp look back at growing up with obsessive-compulsive disorder.
Recalling the agony of growing up an obsessive-compulsive religious fanatic, Traig fearlessly confesses the most peculiar behavior like tirelessly scrubbing her hands for a full half hour before dinner, feeding her stuffed animals before herself, and washing everything she owned because she thought it was contaminated by pork fumes. Jennifer's childhood mania was the result of her then undiagnosed OCD joining forces with her Hebrew studies-what psychiatrists call scrupulosity
While preparing for her bat mitzvah, she was introduced to an entire set of arcane laws and quickly made it her mission to follow them perfectly. Her parents nipped her religious obsession in the bud early on, but as her teen years went by, her natural tendency toward the extreme led her down different paths of adolescent agony and mortification.
Years later, Jennifer remembers these scenes with candor and humor. In the bestselling tradition of Running with Scissors and A Girl Named Zippy , Jennifer Traig tells an unforgettable story of youthful obsession.

DEVIL IN THE DETAILS announces Jennifer Traig as one of the most hilarious writers to emerge in recent years and one of the strangest! Recalling the agony of growing up obsessive compulsive and a religious fanatic, Traig fearlessly confesses the most peculiar behavior like tirelessly scrubbing her hands for a full half hour before dinner, feeding her stuffed animals before herself, and washing everything she owned because she thought it was contaminated by pork fumes. The result is a book so relentlessly funny and frank, it's totally refreshing.

A woman who suffered from an undiagnosed obsessive-compulsive disorder in her childhood recounts how her overzealous drive for perfection and incessant hand-washing rituals compromised her daily life and strained her relationship with her good-natured parents. Reader's Guide included. Reprint. 25,000 first printing.

The author discusses her troubled and somewhat bizarre childhood, her undiagnosed struggles with Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder, and her introduction to a set of religious rules she hadn't known existed before

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