{"product_id":"i-plead-alter-ego-amanda-verrall-9781836280125","title":"I Plead Alter Ego","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eClare is a successful but newly divorced woman who battles various mental health issues. These include sex addiction, alcoholism, OCD, an eating disorder and depression. She juggles her demanding career and life as a single parent, all the while trying to hide her increasingly uncontrollable behaviour, which manifests itself as an alter ego called Roxy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt the dawn of a new digital age, Clare joins Facebook, a newly released social media website that has taken over from MySpace, where she connects and meets with a former flame. Following an emotionally sadomasochistic dalliance with this former lover, Clare then has a string of casual sex encounters with strangers. She has a growing drink problem that sees the alter ego Roxy take over the decision-making, often leading Clare into dangerous situations. Her growing dependency displays itself through obsessive-compulsive traits such as excessive cleaning, exercising and handwashing while, at night time, she has insomnia and often thinks about death.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eClare spirals out of control and falls into a deep depression, but can she hope to find a way out?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Amanda Verrall\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1836280122\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781836280125\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Troubador Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/21\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 240\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.52lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.81h x 5.06w x 0.65d","brand":"Amanda Verrall","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46250675831039,"sku":"9781836280125","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_da9989a2-e70d-4e86-b7a5-52feda1fab71.jpg?v=1729601060","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/i-plead-alter-ego-amanda-verrall-9781836280125","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}