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this was a fantastic "graphic novel". i love her style - the writing as well as the cartooning. will read anything else i find be this author. of course i'm partial to people who have had experience with mental health issues - especially those who have been institutionalized. she made me wish i was one of her friends.


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How I Made It to Eighteen A Mostly True Story Tracy White Books Reviews

I've been excited about HOW I MADE IT TO EIGHTEEN since I first saw it in the publisher's catalog. An autobiographical graphic novel, this is the story of a girl who checks herself in to a psych ward after realizing that her problems are just too much for one person to cope with. It's the story of how she comes to terms with addiction and depression and neglect. How the struggle has shaped her and how she has to work to overcome it. Told both in comics and in prose narrative -- a style you might recognize from the author, Tracy White`s, website, TRACED -- HOW I MADE IT TO EIGHTEEN is as gripping as it is heartbreaking, and I'm hoping that teens will pick it up and realize that they are not the only ones struggling.
How I Made It to Eighteen by Tracy White says it's "mostly a true story." The book tells the experiences of Stacy Black and her journey from a breakdown through therapy and institutionalization and to the other side. It's a powerful story in a simple presentation.

With words and images, we meet Stacy's friends, and we get to read their perspectives on her personality and her actions. We see notes about Stacy from the records at Golden Meadows hospital. And we hear the words of Stacy herself. The different perspectives combine to paint a picture of a girl who wasn't sure of who she was or how she could escape her problems with depression and bulimia.

Although the topic is dark, the book is hopeful if only because you know Stacy makes it in the end. But her journey is an important component in how she eventually emerges from treatment and carries on with her life. I recommend How I Made It to Eighteen for mother-daughter book clubs with girls aged 15 and up.
This graphic novel is the "mostly true" tale of the author's six months in a psychiatric hospital when she was 17, after severe depression left her suicidal. It follows her through intake, making friends with her fellow patients, counseling sessions, and explorations and revelations about the myriad sources of her sadness (including body image issues, drug addiction, and some pretty crappy mothering).

In between chapters are little interviews with her friends, providing an outsider's view to balance out her insider perspectives on her personality, problems, and coping strategies. It's sarcastic and moving, and the art is simple (black and white ink drawings) and clean, yet somehow managed to convey a wide range of emotional depth.

The only problem I had with it was that I felt it ended incredibly abruptly -- suddenly, we turn the page and bam! She's cured! Well, but, er. . . I would've liked a smoother transition, and more of an explanation, somehow, of what finally pulled her the last measure out of her sadness. Perhaps she doesn't know, though -- fair enough.

Aside from that (minor) quibble, though, I found this short book extremely honest and darkly funny -- two very grand qualities in any kind of art, if you ask me.

Highly recommended, and here's hoping White is working on a sequel right now!
Reason for Reading This is a Cybils '10 nominee and required reading for me as a graphic novels panelist.

This is the author's memoir of when she had a nervous breakdown when she was 17 and checked herself into a mental institution. She admits freely to taking artistic licence with the truth for the sake of the story but as the title states it is mostly true. Told from the point of view of Stacy Black, 17yo high school graduate with no intentions of going to college she has moved out on her own and is so depressed but able to realize how messed up she is that she checks herself into Golden Boughs psychiatric hospital. In between the graphic portions of the novel we are given text reports from her files from various sources nurses and doctors from group, individual and family therapy. There is also another section, which in blocks of text, gives responses from 4 of Stacy's friends, from various points of her life, to an interview question. This all provides us with viewpoints of Stacy from various angles and also gives us insight into the people she had influencing her.

The artwork is very stark and raw. So simple and unpolished that it comes across as fresh, and drawn by the actual young person supposedly telling the story. Most of the art does not have backgrounds, though now and then there are a few items added to give a sense of place. This works very well in combination with the subject matter.

While Stacy initially checks in for depression, many forms of mental illness that teen girls battle with are presented here both from Stacy and others she befriends in the hospital with her. Along with the depression there is parental emotional neglect, many body image issues, the necessity to keep thin, seeing yourself as fat, bulimia, cutting, drug addictions, alcoholism, controlling boyfriends, etc. There is a tiny bit of language but I found it's use to be appropriate in context.

Very well put together book that uses text and graphics together in a startlingly real way to tell a dark, brutal and yet, at times, humorous story of mental illness that will be a worthwhile read for all teenage girls.
Tracy White's graphic novel is an amazing story about how she got through a very rough emotional time in her teenage years. Her illustrations are crisp and full of expression. Her writing style is accessible, and very well balanced. She manages to touch on all aspects of human emotion. I found myself reflecting on my own adolescence as well as my emotional adulthood. There's something very complete about her story and when i finished reading it, I wanted more. More please!
Course required reading. Good condition.
this was a fantastic "graphic novel". i love her style - the writing as well as the cartooning. will read anything else i find be this author. of course i'm partial to people who have had experience with mental health issues - especially those who have been institutionalized. she made me wish i was one of her friends.