Ab(solutely) Normal: Short Stories That Smash Mental Health Stereotypes

Ab(solutely) Normal: Short Stories That Smash Mental Health StereotypesBy: 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

a marvelously conceived and executed page-turner

Aaron discovers that maybe for this beginner there is indeed a way to say goodbye

and hard reporting

When the wealthy Darcy family moves in across the street

Into the night to save the day

based on an Ancient Greek Tale)

maybe her road to big-time success will be short and sweet

the next step was to run for office—many of them for the first time

"Hysterical

but failure is priceless

Orphaned early

unparalleled in its epic grandeur and scope