Ab(solutely) normal : short stories that smash mental health stereotypes
Title
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Ab(solutely) normal : short stories that smash mental health stereotypes
Personal Author EPSB
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Mercedes, Acosta
Summary
:
Channeling their own experiences, sixteen authors subvert mental health stereotypes in this collection of fiction. A teen activist wrestles with protest-related anxiety and PTSD. A socially anxious vampire learns he has to save his town by (gulp) working with people. As part of her teshuvah, a girl writes letters to the ex-boyfriend she still loves, revealing that her struggle with angry outbursts is related to PMDD. A boy sheds uncontrollable tears but finds that in doing so he's helping to enable another's healing.
Year Published
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2023
Physical Description
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xi. 324 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Subject
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Short stories.
Mental health.
Depression, Mental -- Fiction.
Self-esteem -- Fiction.
Mental illness -- Fiction.
Genre
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Short stories.
Added Author
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Carpenter, Nora Shalaway,
Callen, Rocky,
Stork, Francisco,
Quintero, Isabel,
Kastin, Jonathan,
Drury, Anna,
Grimes, Nikki,
Howlett, Val,
Dow, Alechia,
Downes, Patrick,
Patel, Sonia,
Pixley, Marcella,
Stewart, Ebony,
Bird, James,
Bao, Karen,
Summary
:
Channeling their own experiences, sixteen authors subvert mental health stereotypes in this collection of fiction. A teen activist wrestles with protest-related anxiety and PTSD. A socially anxious vampire learns he has to save his town by (gulp) working with people. As part of her teshuvah, a girl writes letters to the ex-boyfriend she still loves, revealing that her struggle with angry outbursts is related to PMDD. A boy sheds uncontrollable tears but finds that in doing so he's helping to enable another's healing.
ISBN
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9781536224146
9781536232950
Publisher
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Somerville : Candlewick Press, 2023.
©2023
Library | Call Number | Type | Item Barcode | Status |
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D.S. MacKenzie | F CAR | Book | 30522000381639 | Realistic Fiction |