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heyjude05
IMDb member since December 2005
passionate social worker struggling through student loan debt by working for big bucks in the great Canadian north. world travelling keeps me sane.
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The Diary of Evelyn Lau (1994)
as real as it gets
3 December 2005 - 8 out of 8 users found this review helpful.
When I first read this book, I was entranced by the real language and experience that Evelyn shared. Since I have become a social worker, I have passed numerous copies onto my teenage runaway clients, who all report having truly enjoyed the book as a real life experience. I highly recommend the book and the movie. The movie did an excellent job of putting the story into motion picture. The story shows the viewer/reader that child abuse comes in many forms. The emotional abuse Evelyn suffered from her mother happens all the time and is not always recognized for the real harm that it does. Many of my youth clients often say they would have preferred a smack in the face over the hurtful comments their parents made about them.
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