Character: Pattie

Pattie started out as a depressed young teenager. She had been through so much! From sexual abuse to drug abuse, from depression to suicide. She has had a long journey to get to where she is now. It's hard to go through things like that especially at the age of 5 and older. Things got even worse when she got pregnant at the age of 18. To her it felt like her world was falling apart, until she got into her faith more. God made her feel like things can get better no matter what you are going through. She felt that when Justin became famous that she was going to share her story more.

When Pattie was about 34, Justin's career was just at its peak, but she felt like it was her turn to give back. While Justin was on tour Pattie would travel around with a Pastor to places where women would stay for rehab, shelter, or just to feel safe, and tell them her story. One thing she would not tell them was that she was Justin Bieber's mom. She didn't want those women to think of her any different just because she is Justin Bieber's mom, she feels like everyone is equal  and th that people shouldn't have to go through things like this. She wanted those women to think of her as a regular women just like them. Pattie has been so inspirational to so many people around the world even though she may still be a little depressed she doesn't show it.

Theme post

          Pattie's theme for the book would be sense of self . In the whole biography Pattie is trying to find her self. she goes through many rehabs, church groups, and friends just to find who she really is as a person. In the book Justin (Pattie's son) says "Many women who have gone through similar experiences need a little bit of hope- to know that there is light at the end of the tunnel" (pg. 10). Justin knows that his mom has gone through a lot and everyone should never give up because everything will get better. Even though Pattie doesn't say this, Justin was born when Pattie was young so he knows what she has had to go through. Some may think that when Justin gets signed, that everything will get better but they are wrong.

          When Pattie and Justin finally move to Atlanta, it is everything but perfect for Pattie. Pattie is stuck trying to figure out which church to go to or who to be friends with. During the beginning of Pattie's move she started to slip into depression again, until she finally found people that made her feel like she belonged. In Pattie's book she says "I had moments of relief when I was encouraged by a message, an old friends heart-felt prayer, or feeling the familiar presence of God I hadn't experienced in a while. Over time, inch by inch, the darkness began to lift" (pg. 425). In this section of the story Pattie is saying that she is happy because she has finally surrounded herself by the right people. To this day Pattie still struggles with the feeling of being alone but she knows that she has wonderful people in her life to keep her grounded.

Nowhere But Up: Jeremy

       A minor character in the text is Jeremy Bieber. Jeremy is Pattie's on-and-off boyfriend throughout her teenage years. Even through Pattie's hard times jeremy was somewhat there to help her. Sometimes during there relationship Jeremy becamje a severe alcoholic. He would never hurt Pattie but he would verbally hurt her. When Pattie got pregnant, Jeremy left because he couldn't handle the responbility.

      When pattie had Justin she felt that jeremy should be in Justin's life.  For Justin's first year, Jeremy wass in a relationship with Pattie. They were actually planning on getting married until the relationship ended in a really bad fight. Even though Jeremy and Patttie were never really together, they still had a pretty good relationship once jeremy had realized everything he had done to hurt so many people. Ever since then Jeremy has been in Justins life. Later in Justins life Jeremy married a women named Erin and they had 2 kids together, Jaxon and Jazmyn. Justin has an amazing relationship with Jaxon and Jazmyn even though they are his half-brother/sister.  Even though Justin is always traveling, whatever time he gets to see his family, he will take it.

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Why Nowhere But Up?

         I was hesitant at first to read Nowhere But Up. I didn't know much of what the book would be about. All I knew was that the book was about a women named Pattie Mallette and her son Justin Bieber. Then one of my friends said that she read it and that it was amazing. Her and I both love Justin Bieber so I trusted her opinion of the book. After I started reading the book I couldn't stop!

      I'm so glad that I read it because there is so much to learn from the book. I love that people could somewhat relate to Pattie because in alot of books it may be hard to find connections with the book. I feel like she is a strong women and i'm glad that now I know her story and what she had to go through. It's amazing to know that someone who had so little has the biggest heart. In this article Pattie gets personal with some of justins fans. she talks about how she is still dealing with depression to this day.


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Nowhere But Up: My View

        In my last post I gave you a summary of the book Nowhere But Up. Now i'm going to tell you what I think of the book. I absolutly love this book! I feel like teenage girls and even guys can relate to the book one way or another. Whether you struggle with relationships, abuse, or depression, this book can inspire you. She has inspired me so much because she has gone through so much but still happens to always have a smile on her face. No matter what you go through, if you think of the positive and put the negatives behind you, your situation will get better.

      I feel like Pattie is a very strong women. Even if you dont like Justin Bieber, you would still like this book. If you want and inspiring story that will make you laugh, smile, and even cry, I recommend you read this. Patties story has taught me not to give up when you are put into tough situations, no matter how bad it is. Pattie raised Justin with little to nothing. She was a single mom who instead of worrying about school like normal 20 year olds, she is worried about paying the bills. So no matter how hard you feel struggles may be, alwasy rememeber that some people have it much worse. Take what you have for granted because one day it might not be there.

Nowhere But Up: Background Story

In the book, Nowhere But Up, there is a teenager named Pattie. Pattie isn't your average teenager. Patties whole life she is sexually abused and depressed. She feels like no one would love her, she even tried to committe suicide multiple times. Then she feel in love with Jeremy, but little does she know that he is going to make her life go down hill. She would get in to drugs and alcohol. She tries to turn her life around by going to church and leaving Jeremy, but when she takes Jeremy back simething goes wrong. She gets pregnant. Pattie is only 17 and is a single teen mom. Jeremy leaves because she is pregnant and her mom says that she has to move out. What else could go wrong? Even though she struggled being a young mom, she doesnt know that she had given birth to a very talented young boy: Justin Bieber.

Last Blogger Reflection

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        I feel like this blog was well put together out of all of my blogs. I feel that it meets all the standards for a theme post. In this post I give a summary of the book. Also I gave a well written theme sentance that can relate to alot of people. Overall I believe this post shows alot of personal and emotional things going on in the story, which leads it to being a great post.
       One thing that I would like to work on in rerading is to read the book carefully and to annotate and think about the book more. One thing I would like to work on in writing is to give more emotion into a piece that i am writting and to not just have it be bland and boring. To improve my writing more I could use more words that have a better meanign then something like 'fun'. I can improve my reading by reading books that are more challenging to me. Also I could try to get more into a book or chose a book that icould probaly relate too not just something that looks, on the outside, good.