Ab(solutely) normal : short stories that smash mental health stereotypes
Titre
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Ab(solutely) normal : short stories that smash mental health stereotypes
Mercedes, Acosta
Sommaire
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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.
Date de publication comme intervalle
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2023
Description matérielle
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xi. 324 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Terme de vedette-matière
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Short stories.
Mental health.
Depression, Mental -- Fiction.
Self-esteem -- Fiction.
Mental illness -- Fiction.
Genre
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Short stories.
Vedette secondaire auteur
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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,
Résumé
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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.
Numéro international normalisé des livres (ISBN)
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9781536224146
9781536232950
Informations de publication
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Somerville : Candlewick Press, 2023.
©2023
Bibliothèque | Numéro de rayon | Type de document | Code à barres du document | Statut |
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D.S. MacKenzie | F CAR | Book | 30522000381639 | Realistic Fiction |