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Tag: Suicide
Beyond Trigger Warnings: Care in Reading (and Writing) Pain, a guest post by Janice Lynn Mather
As an author, how do I approach the potential for pain in the lines I write? How, as a reader, do we make these mostly well-intended but sometimes trivial-feeling statements actually hold meaning for us?
Book Review: The Coldest Winter I Ever Spent by Ann Jacobus
An extremely thoughtful and moving examination of death that focuses on the honor of being with someone when they die. A complex read that isn't easy but is worth it.
Writing About Suicide While Suicidal, a guest post by Lizzy Mason
Sometimes a story can prepare you for when that unexpected experience does happen. And sometimes it can even prevent the worst from happening at all.
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Book Review: Remind Me to Hate You Later by Lizzy Mason
Lizzy Mason puts it all here on the page---the grief and guilt are palpable. The despair is crushing. It's not an easy read. But it's an important one.
Bringing Grief Out of the Shadows, a guest post by Megan Paasch
I didn’t originally intend to write a book about grief. But then, my father died.
Book Review: Road Tripped by Pete Hautman
I always like a good road trip book. Stiggy sets off on his own, but spends the majority of his trip meeting people who both literally and metaphorically make him change course. Hand this to readers who like stories with strong (and sometimes not necessarily super likable) characters.
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The Life Saving Slogan: You are Not Alone, a guest post by Shelley Sackier
Author Shelley Sackier joins us to talk about the vital task of connecting readers with books that help provide solace, unity, sureness, and the message that they are not alone.
Anger, inspiration, and the stories we tell, a guest post by Marieke Nijkamp
Before I Let Go tells the story of two girls in the arctic heart of Alaska. Two girls who were best friends, who were discovering who they could be, who were each other’s center of gravity. It tells of grief and ice, of mystery and mental illness. And it was, at least in part, born […]
Book Review: Nice Try, Jane Sinner by Lianne Oelke
Publisher’s description It’s Kind of a Funny Story meets Daria in the darkly hilarious tale of a teen’s attempt to remake her public image and restore inner peace through reality TV. The only thing 17-year-old Jane Sinner hates more than failure is pity. After a personal crisis and her subsequent expulsion from high school, she’s going nowhere fast. Jane’s well-meaning parents push […]
Book Review: Girls Like Me by Nina Packebush
When I’m reviewing books for professional publications, I stay quiet about them on social media. I’m always really excited once a review comes out to be able to talk about the book, finally! Here’s one of my most recent reviews, which originally appeared in the December 2017 School Library Journal Xpress Reviews. PACKEBUSH, Nina. Girls Like Me. 204p. Bedazzled Ink. Nov. 2017. […]
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