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Please Love Me
For as long as she can remember, 17-year-old Peyton Bound has struggled to remain strong despite being lost in the whirlwind of her emotionally disturbed mother's life ... then she finds Matthew Adler at a frat party. He's the first boy who kisses her with open eyes; Peyton finally sees herself in their sparkling reflection. She's sure that her fairytale moment has finally arrived, the day when everything will magically fall into place, and the burdens of her disturbing childhood will begin to lift. But when everything goes wrong, Peyton can no longer run from the truth about herself. Something is missing, and no one can save her. Artist and writer Penelope Przekop grew up in Louisiana during the 1970s and 80s. Despite fictional elements, Please Love Me is her memoir; she is Peyton Bound, a character she created as a young adult to understand how she fell into a destructive relationship that led to a suicide attempt, and violent public cry for help. As she wrote the book, she realized it was about much more than first love gone wrong. It was about her dysfunctional childhood, her mentally ill mother, and her desperation to break free. Please Love Me gives a raw voice to some of the deepest issues contributing to teenage suicide. It is an honest look into the human spirit's need for love and truth in a world full of craziness, and just how far some will go to find it.
184 pages, Paperback
Published November 10, 2013
About the author
Penelope Przekop
10 books35 followersPenelope Przekop is the author of four novels, Please Love Me, Aberrations, Centerpieces, and Dust. She is also the author of 5-Star Career: Define and Build Yours Using the Science of Quality Management (Productivity Press) and Six Sigma for Business Excellence (McGraw-Hill).
Dubbed “an industry triple threat” by Pharmaceutica Manufacturing Magazine and designated an “expert contributor” by Life Science Leader Magazine, Penelope applies her diverse brand of creativity across multiple disciplines. She is the Founder and CEO of PDC Pharma Strategy, a consulting firm that develops and provides strategic solutions and operational services to the pharmaceutical industry. As a speaker, writer, artist, and pharmaceutical industry leader, Penelope weaves her diverse experience and knowledge together to motivate and inspire others to rethink how they define, build, and manage quality, both at work and at home.
Please Love Me, her debut novel, offers an unvarnished glimpse into her teenage years in the early '80s, portraying a raw and genuine account of overcoming childhood trauma and the quest for love. Her evolving body of work is a testament to the belief that a life of quality is sculpted through relentless determination, resilience, and the potent mix of self-reflection and precision science.
Based in the Greater Philadelphia Area, Penelope's mission extends beyond her writing and business endeavors; it's an invitation to embrace a life of quality in all its dimensions. Stay connected with her latest projects on Instagram @penelopeprzekop and LinkedIn. Discover more about her journey and works at www.penelopeprzekop.com.
Dubbed “an industry triple threat” by Pharmaceutica Manufacturing Magazine and designated an “expert contributor” by Life Science Leader Magazine, Penelope applies her diverse brand of creativity across multiple disciplines. She is the Founder and CEO of PDC Pharma Strategy, a consulting firm that develops and provides strategic solutions and operational services to the pharmaceutical industry. As a speaker, writer, artist, and pharmaceutical industry leader, Penelope weaves her diverse experience and knowledge together to motivate and inspire others to rethink how they define, build, and manage quality, both at work and at home.
Please Love Me, her debut novel, offers an unvarnished glimpse into her teenage years in the early '80s, portraying a raw and genuine account of overcoming childhood trauma and the quest for love. Her evolving body of work is a testament to the belief that a life of quality is sculpted through relentless determination, resilience, and the potent mix of self-reflection and precision science.
Based in the Greater Philadelphia Area, Penelope's mission extends beyond her writing and business endeavors; it's an invitation to embrace a life of quality in all its dimensions. Stay connected with her latest projects on Instagram @penelopeprzekop and LinkedIn. Discover more about her journey and works at www.penelopeprzekop.com.
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February 23, 2016
This is the second book I've listened to by this author and there is a definite theme going on. There is always an undertone of motherly neglect and forced religion along with a yearning to be loved.
This book is about a girl named Peyton in her late teens who is just desperate to be loved and accepted. She has never gotten the unconditional love she needed from her mentally ill, religion obsessed mother and searches for it in other relationships. She is desperate to find love in a med student named Matt who plays with her feelings and when she doesn't get it from him she looks for it in other men. All those other men see is a desperate girl who is willing to spread her legs for anyone willing to take her home. She is unwilling to see that Matt doesn't want her in the way that she wants him and that she will never find what she needs in him. Her mother is a constant reminder of the demons of her past and how much she has not been seen as who she really is but who her mother wished she was. Her best friend Peter is the only one who truly sees her for who she is and loves her but he isn't what or who she wants and is left longing for something she thinks she will never find. It's an interesting story of a girls self destruction in search for a love she will not find in the places that she is looking.
You could feel the desperation within Peyton and her need to be loved. The neglect of her mother paved the way for her feelings of insecurity and search for love in the beds of men who could not give it to her. I felt sorry for Peyton but there was a point when I also felt embarrassed for her. She didn't seem to see that what she was doing wasn't helping. After sleeping with each new man she only felt more self deprecated. She wasn't empowered like she thought she would be. It was sad. Even by the end I don't really think she understood what it meant to love and be loved and that she really needed to love herself.
I enjoyed listening to this book but I wish that Peyton wasn't so naive at times. I wanted her to wake up and think about what she was doing. I wanted to realize that she wouldn't ever find love in the places she was looking and that she needed to love herself first.
This book was given to me in exchange for an honest review. It is unbiased and my own opinion.
This book is about a girl named Peyton in her late teens who is just desperate to be loved and accepted. She has never gotten the unconditional love she needed from her mentally ill, religion obsessed mother and searches for it in other relationships. She is desperate to find love in a med student named Matt who plays with her feelings and when she doesn't get it from him she looks for it in other men. All those other men see is a desperate girl who is willing to spread her legs for anyone willing to take her home. She is unwilling to see that Matt doesn't want her in the way that she wants him and that she will never find what she needs in him. Her mother is a constant reminder of the demons of her past and how much she has not been seen as who she really is but who her mother wished she was. Her best friend Peter is the only one who truly sees her for who she is and loves her but he isn't what or who she wants and is left longing for something she thinks she will never find. It's an interesting story of a girls self destruction in search for a love she will not find in the places that she is looking.
You could feel the desperation within Peyton and her need to be loved. The neglect of her mother paved the way for her feelings of insecurity and search for love in the beds of men who could not give it to her. I felt sorry for Peyton but there was a point when I also felt embarrassed for her. She didn't seem to see that what she was doing wasn't helping. After sleeping with each new man she only felt more self deprecated. She wasn't empowered like she thought she would be. It was sad. Even by the end I don't really think she understood what it meant to love and be loved and that she really needed to love herself.
I enjoyed listening to this book but I wish that Peyton wasn't so naive at times. I wanted her to wake up and think about what she was doing. I wanted to realize that she wouldn't ever find love in the places she was looking and that she needed to love herself first.
This book was given to me in exchange for an honest review. It is unbiased and my own opinion.
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