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Author Hutchinson, Shaun David, author.

Title Brave face : a memoir / Shaun David Hutchinson.

Publication Info. New York : Simon Pulse, an imprint of Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing Division, 2019.

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Location Call No. Status
 Avon Free Public Library - Teen  TEEN 92 HUTCHINSON    Check Shelf
 Berlin-Peck Memorial Library - Teen  YA 92 HUTCHINSON    Check Shelf
 Bloomfield, Prosser Library - Teen  TEEN BIOG. HUTCHINSON, S.    Storage
 Canton Public Library - Teen  TEEN BIO HUTCHINSON    Check Shelf
 Cheshire Public Library - YA  YA BIO HUTCHINSON    Check Shelf
 East Hartford, Raymond Library - Young Adult  YA B HUTCHINSON SHAUN DAVID H    Check Shelf
 Farmington, Main Library - Teen Department  TEEN B HUTCHINS, SHAUN    Check Shelf
 Middletown, Russell Library - Adult Biography  B-HUTCHINSON HUT    Check Shelf
 New Britain, Main Library - Young Adult  YA 92 HUTCHINSON, SHA    Check Shelf
 Newington, Lucy Robbins Welles Library - Teen  YA B HUTCHINSON    Check Shelf

Edition First Simon Pulse hardcover edition.
Description xii, 356 pages ; 22 cm
Summary At nineteen, Hutchinson was struggling to find the vocabulary to understand and accept who he was and how he fit into a community in which he couldn't see himself. Convinced that he couldn't keep going, that he had no future, Hutchinson followed through on trying to make that a reality -- an attempted suicide. Over time, he came to embrace life, and to find self-acceptance. In his deeply honest memoir, he takes readers through the journey of what brought him to the edge, and what has helped him truly believe that it does get better. -- adapted from jacket
"'I wasn't depressed because I was gay. I was depressed *and* gay.' Shaun David Hutchinson was nineteen. Confused. Struggling to find the vocabulary to understand and accept who he was and how he fit into a community in which he couldn't see himself. The voice of depression told him that he would never be loved or wanted, while powerful and hurtful messages from society told him that being gay meant love and happiness weren't for him. A million moments large and small over the years all came together to convince Shaun that he couldn't keep going, that he had no future. And so he followed through on trying to make that a reality. Thankfully, Shaun survived, and over time, came to embrace how grateful he is and how to find self-acceptance and that it doesn't matter how others define us, only how we define ourselves. In this courageous and deeply honest memoir, Shaun takes readers through the journey of what brought him to the edge, and what has helped him truly believe that it does get better. "--Dust jacket.
Contents Intro; Dedication; Content Warning, Part 1; The Truth; Part 1: The Wrong Words; Journal Entry; Vocabulary Lesson, Part 1; Future Self, Part 1; The Funny Freak; A Whole New World; I Wanna Marry The Princess; To Be Or Not To Be, Girl; Competitive Bullshitting; So. Many. Dicks.; Vocabulary Lesson, Part 2; Hidden Truth; Part 2: I Wrote My Way Out; Depression Screams; Moody Little Bitch; The American Dream; China; Doubtful; The Round Table; Cookie Date; You-Know-What; Crushed, Part 1; Crushed, Part 2; Crushed, Part 3; Love, Shaun; The Big Gay Page; Future Self, Part 2; Defense of Marriage
Pansy DivisionBeautiful Thing; Queer, Part 1; What I Needed to Say; Part 3: Identity Crisis; Queer, Part 2; Coming Out; Oasis; 24-Hour Notice; Faggot Flag; Key West; Dante, Part 1; XY; Dante, Part 2; The Boy with The Dragon Tattoo; My Bloody Valentine; Pounding and Pounding and Pounding; Ronni; Part 4: Depression Math; Spring Break; Cookie Monster; Everything's Good; Content Warning, Part 2; Suicide; 911; ICU; Why; Fair Oaks; Twenty Years and Counting; One Last Thing; Acknowledgments; About the Author; Copyright
Subject Hutchinson, Shaun David.
Suicidal behavior -- Patients -- Biography.
Self-destructive behavior.
Bipolar disorder.
Gay people -- Biography.
YOUNG ADULT NONFICTION / Social Topics / Suicide.
YOUNG ADULT NONFICTION / Social Topics / Depression & Mental Illness.
YOUNG ADULT NONFICTION / Social Topics / Emotions & Feelings.
Gays. (OCoLC)fst00939255
Manic-depressive illness. (OCoLC)fst01007706
Self-destructive behavior. (OCoLC)fst01111606
Genre/Form Biography.
Autobiographies.
Other Form: Online version: Hutchinson, Shaun David. Brave face. First Simon Pulse hardcover edition. New York : Simon Pulse, 2019 9781534431539 (DLC) 2018044456
ISBN 9781534431515 (hardcover alkaline paper)
1534431519 (hardcover alkaline paper)
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