http://madwomanintheforest.com/video-sunday/ Laurie Halse Anderson Wed, 01 Feb 2012 15:16:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://madwomanintheforest.com/video-sunday/comment-page-1/#comment-25369 hollynicole Wed, 11 Aug 2010 20:23:48 +0000 http://madwomanintheforest.com/video-sunday/#comment-25369 Hi. I'm a recovering Melinda about to go into my senior year of high school. I want you to know, Laurie Anderson, that Speak literally saved my life. While reading the book and watching the movie, I felt like I was looking into a mirror. It was the wierdest thing ever. She and I have...or had... so many of the same thoughts, problems, and ways of acting. I was raped and have issues at home too. I was considering killing myself when I read your book. Now I'm slowly but surely waking up. It still hurts a lot, but the book and the movie got me to open up a little to a friend, and I know now I can suck it up and SPEAK. I've always wanted to write scripts, lyrics and music for plays, but I was never sure that I could use art to reach out to people. Hearing songs like this and reading amazing books like Speak have shown me that people really can use art to help others. I didn't really know where to put this comment, but I really hope this gets read because I really want you to know that Speak helped me out more than I can explain. I don't know how any adult could paint such a ridiculously accurate picture of high school, but I guess there are some great adults out there after all. Thank you, thank you, thank you! Holly Nicole Hi. I’m a recovering Melinda about to go into my senior year of high school.
I want you to know, Laurie Anderson, that Speak literally saved my life. While reading the book and watching the movie, I felt like I was looking into a mirror. It was the wierdest thing ever. She and I have…or had… so many of the same thoughts, problems, and ways of acting. I was raped and have issues at home too. I was considering killing myself when I read your book. Now I’m slowly but surely waking up. It still hurts a lot, but the book and the movie got me to open up a little to a friend, and I know now I can suck it up and SPEAK.
I’ve always wanted to write scripts, lyrics and music for plays, but I was never sure that I could use art to reach out to people. Hearing songs like this and reading amazing books like Speak have shown me that people really can use art to help others.
I didn’t really know where to put this comment, but I really hope this gets read because I really want you to know that Speak helped me out more than I can explain. I don’t know how any adult could paint such a ridiculously accurate picture of high school, but I guess there are some great adults out there after all. Thank you, thank you, thank you!
Holly Nicole

]]> http://madwomanintheforest.com/video-sunday/comment-page-1/#comment-25275 Ashley Fri, 06 Aug 2010 23:33:17 +0000 http://madwomanintheforest.com/video-sunday/#comment-25275 I took the book speak out of the library and absolutely loved it. It was the platinum edition and when i saw the movie i watched carefully but i couldn't figure out which famous teen movie was payed homage to in the cafeteria scene. I was hoping you could help me out. I thought that this book was absolutely great and that it really showed you how alot of kids think. It's true. Thank you so much, Ashley I took the book speak out of the library and absolutely loved it. It was the platinum edition and when i saw the movie i watched carefully but i couldn’t figure out which famous teen movie was payed homage to in the cafeteria scene. I was hoping you could help me out. I thought that this book was absolutely great and that it really showed you how alot of kids think. It’s true.
Thank you so much, Ashley

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