Maureen Johnson: Life Inside My Mind, Kartoniert / Broschiert
Life Inside My Mind
- 31 Authors Share Their Personal Struggles
- Publisher:
- Jessica Burkhart
- Publisher:
- Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, 04/2019
- Binding:
- Kartoniert / Broschiert
- Language:
- Englisch
- ISBN-13:
- 9781481494656
- Item number:
- 8867140
- Volume:
- 320 Pages
- Ausgabe:
- Reprint edition
- Age recommendation:
- 13 - 17 Jahre
- Weight:
- 260 g
- Format:
- 210 x 140 mm
- Thickness:
- 25 mm
- Release date:
- 9.4.2019
- Note
-
Caution: Product is not in German language
Blurb
"Who better to raise teens' awareness of mental illness and health than the YA authors they admire?" ---Booklist(starred review)
"[A] much-needed, enlightening book." ---School Library Journal(starred review)
Your favorite YA authors including Ellen Hopkins, Maureen Johnson, and more recount their own experiences with mental health in this raw, real, and powerful collection of essays that explores everything from ADD to PTSD.
Have you ever felt like you just couldn't get out of bed? Not the occasional morning, but every day? Do you find yourself listening to a voice in your head that says "you're not good enough," "not good looking enough," "not thin enough," or "not smart enough"? Have you ever found yourself unable to do homework or pay attention in class unless everything is "just so" on your desk? Everyone has had days like that, but what if you have them every day?
You're not alone. Millions of people are going through similar things. However issues around mental health still tend to be treated as something shrouded in shame or discussed in whispers. It's easier to have a broken bone---something tangible that can be "fixed"---than to have a mental illness, and easier to have a discussion about sex than it is to have one about mental health.
Life Inside My Mindis an anthology of true-life events from writers of this generation, for this generation. These essays tackle everything from neurodiversity to addiction to OCD to PTSD and much more. The goals of this book range from providing a home to those who are feeling alone, awareness to those who are witnessing a friend or family member struggle, and to open the floodgates to conversation.
Biography (Maureen Johnson)
Maureen Johnson ist in einem Vorort von Philadelphia aufgewachsen. Sie hat an der Columbia University Dramaturgie und Kreatives Schreiben studiert. Seitdem arbeitet sie als freie Autorin.Biography (Robison Wells)
Robison Wells lives in Holladay, Utah, with his wife and three kids. He recently finished graduate school, during which he read and wrote novels when he should have been studying finance.Biography (Melissa Marr)
Melissa Marr hat Literatur studiert und unterrichtet an verschiedenen Colleges sowie online.Biography (Sara Zarr)
Sara Zarr, in den USA eine bedeutende Jugendbuchautorin.Biography (Cynthia Hand)
Cynthia Hand unterrichtet Kreatives Schreiben an der Pepperdine University in Los Angeles. Sie lebt mit Mann und Sohn in Südkalifornien.Biography (Lauren Oliver)
Lauren Oliver was previously an editorial assistant at Penguin. A graduate of the University of Chicago and NYUs MFA program, she lives in Brooklyn, New York.Biography (Aprilynne Pike)
Aprilynne Pike denkt sich Elfen-Geschichten aus, seit sie ein Kind ist. Um diese Liebe zum Beruf zu machen, studierte sie kreatives Schreiben und schloss sich später derselben Schriftstellergruppe an, zu der auch Stephenie Meyer gehört. Aprilynne Pike lebt mit ihrem Mann und ihren drei Kindern in Utah.Biography (Dan Wells)
Dan Wells studierte Englisch an der Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah. Der überzeugte Mormone war Redakteur beim Science-Fiction-Magazin »The Leading Edge«.Biography (Amber Benson)
Amber Benson, 1977 in Alabama geboren, nahm bereits als Kind Gesangs- und Schauspielunterricht. Bekannt wurde die vielseitige Künstlerin vor allem durch ihre Rolle als Tara Maclay in der Fernsehserie 'Buffy - Im Bann der Dämonen'. Neben ihrer Tätigkeit als Regisseurin und Drehbuchautorin hat sich Amber Benson auch als Co-Autorin der 'Albion'-Serie einen Namen gemacht.
