Stevens Memorial Library (North Andover)

Brave face, a memoir, Shaun David Hutchinson

eng

autobiography

no index present

non fiction

Brave face

1052903941

Shaun David Hutchinson

a memoir

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

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 MarriagePansy 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

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