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Ab(solutely) Normal: Short Stories That Smash Mental Health Stereotypes Hardcover by Nora Shalaway Carpenter; Rocky Callen; Nikki Grimes; Sonia Patel; Marcella Pixley; Ebony Stewart; Francisco X. Stork; Isabel Quintero; Alechia Dow; Anna Drury; Mercedes Acosta; Karen Jialu Bao; James Bird; Patrick Downes; Val Howlett; Jonathan Lenore Kastin is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.

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Channeling their own experiences, sixteen exceptional authors subvert mental health stereotypes in a powerful and uplifting 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. In this inspiring, unflinching, and hope-filled mixed-genre collection, sixteen diverse and notable authors draw on their own lived experiences with mental health conditions to create stunning works of fiction that will uplift and empower you, break your heart and stitch it back together stronger than before. Through powerful prose, verse, and graphics, the characters in this anthology defy stereotypes as they remind readers that living with a mental health condition doesn't mean that you're defined by it. Each story is followed by a note from its author to the reader, and comprehensive back matter includes bios for the contributors as w

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Author

Nora Shalaway Carpenter; Rocky Callen; Nikki Grimes; Sonia Patel; Marcella Pixley; Ebony Stewart; Francisco X. Stork; Isabel Quintero; Alechia Dow; Anna Drury; Mercedes Acosta; Karen Jialu Bao; James Bird; Patrick Downes; Val Howlett; Jonathan Lenore Kastin

Publisher

Candlewick Press; Candlewick

Published

2023

Language

EN

ISBN

9781536232950

Category

work of fiction

Subjects

Fiction, Psychological