· Bloodletting is a memoir concerning what a person goes through when taking part in self-harm and the whys and hows. I somehow felt annoyed while reading this book because it just seemed like the author was simply begging for attention and promoting it in a book. Self-hard is a very controversial topic and I think this book downplayed that/5. Quotes by Victoria Leatham. “If people could just understand how it actually felt to be depressed, obsessed, frightened, out of control, maybe they’d be more tolerant, more understanding.”. ― Victoria Leatham, Bloodletting: A Memoir of Secrets, Self-Harm, and Survival. 33 likes/5. · Outmoded medical practice used as a cure for illnesses ranging from fevers to www.doorway.ruetting is a frank, compelling and at times darkly humorous memoir boldly challenging the 5/5(1).
Find helpful customer reviews and review ratings for Bloodletting: A Memoir of Secrets, Self-Harm, A Memoir of Secrets, Self-Harm, and Survival yet rarely do they keep the wording straight on the path as Victoria Leatham did. She did a wonder job on writing about a taboo subject. Bloodletting: A memoir of secrets, self-harm and survival. Bloodletting.: Bloodletting/ -, letting/ n. 1. Phlebotomy, the act or process of letting blood or bleeding, as by opening a vein or artery. 2. Outmoded medical practice used as a cure for illnesses ranging from fevers to hysteria. Bloodletting is a frank, compelling and at times. Booktopia has Bloodletting, A memoir of secrets, self-harm and survival by Victoria Leatham. Buy a discounted Paperback of Bloodletting online from Australia's leading online bookstore.
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 8 November This sensitively-written book looks at the adult life of a woman who self-harms, and attempts to shed some light on what is one of the few remaining taboos within society. Victoria writes with both wit and clarity, but also with sensitivity. Outmoded medical practice used as a cure for illnesses ranging from fevers to www.doorway.ruetting is a frank, compelling and at times darkly humorous memoir boldly challenging the silence. Bloodletting: A Memoir of Secrets, Self-Harm Survival. Victoria Leatham, Author. New Harbinger $ (p) ISBN Leatham begins her painful, emotional memoir with her.
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