Little Girl Lost

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I have to say, at one point (in the wee hours the day before my essay was due) looking at Drew through an existential lens almost broke my brain.

She went through many difficult times with her abusive father, and had a lot of issues with her mother who didn't know how to be a parent and therefore let Drew down in a big way. update: I re-read this immediately after reading Wildflower, and found it interesting to compare the two versions of some items that came up in both books - and also how Drew characterized her time in the hospital in Wildflower. Her writing is constantly interrupted by by Todd Gold, whose input, in my opinion should be shorter and be in footnotes at the bottom of the page. T. the Extra-Terrestrial and quickly became one of Hollywood's most recognized child actresses, going on to establish herself in mainly comic roles.Because really, eleven-year-olds don’t ordinarily snort lines of coke in the bathrooms at Studio 54 if they’re being supervised. and “The high-low of our need to stimulate the mind yet find silly things to do at night was just a silly juxtaposition, of course.

Instead however I had to make all my own mistakes and now I think maybe I should have paid more attention to her memoir. Read this as a teen and I should have taken it as a cautionary tale and learned and not repeated her mistakes. For some reason Jaid Barrymore thought it a good idea to let a 9-year-old, albeit a precocious one, accompany her to clubs and gave her more social freedom than most parents (including mine) allow for teenagers.If you choose to read this book, good luck, keep a Kleenex handy and above all, if you're a parent, realize the power and responsibility you've been given. She envisioned a happy ending with victory and promise, after the months of hard work and intense therapy during her hospitalization.