$19.99 . Illuminating, brutally honest, poignant, and sometimes laugh out loud funny, this isn't a book just for queer kids, it's a book for any teen (or adult) who feels left out, rejected, confused, and scared about their place in the world.” In Brave Face, he shares all the sh*t he had to survive to get there - and how we can too.

Brutal and essential.” — Sam J. Miller, award-winning author of The Art of Starving "As much a book about coming out as it is a book about simply coming to be, Brave Face is the bravest memoir I've read in years. Brave Face: A Memoir (Hardcover) By Shaun David Hutchinson. Hutchinson has talent and bravery in droves and BRAVE FACE is a triumph. S. & S./Simon ... Gr 8 Up– In Hutchinson’s raw and moving memoir, readers are transported to his life at age 19. Description.

Buy Brave Face: A Memoir by Shaun David Hutchin (ISBN: 9781534431515) from Amazon's Book Store. Critically acclaimed author of We Are the Ants — described as having “hints of Vonnegut’s Slaughterhouse-Five” (School Library Journal) — opens up about what led to an attempted suicide in his teens and his path back from the experience. Add to Wish List. NOT IN STOCK - Usually arrives in 3 - 7 business days. Listen to Brave Face by Shaun David Hutchinson for free with a 30 day free trial.

Depressed and gay—related, though not interdependent parts of his life—the author considered suicide but ultimately chose to live. In his powerful memoir, Brave Face, the young adult author bares his soul to the world about realizing his sexual orientation and suffering from a depression so profound he attempted suicide. In Brave Face, he shares all the sh*t he had to survive to get there - and how we can too. Brutal and essential.” — Sam J. Miller, award-winning author of The Art of Starving "As much a book about coming out as it is a book about simply coming to be, Brave Face is the bravest memoir I've read in years. Alex London "As much a book about coming out as it is a book about simply coming to be, Brave Face is the bravest memoir I've read in years. In Brave Face, he shares all the sh*t he had to survive to get there - and how we can too. His books—particularly We Are the Ants and At the Edge of the Universe —are full of emotion, pain, love, and, ultimately, hope. It takes greater bravery to share that truth. Hutchinson's raw honesty pierces readers as he describes his fight to find an identity in a world that viewed homosexuals as "so worthless that they didn't even deserve to live." Brutal and essential.” — Sam J. Miller, award-winning author of The Art of Starving "As much a book about coming out as it is a book about simply coming to be, Brave Face is the bravest memoir I've read in years. "As much a book about coming out as it is a book about simply coming to be, Brave Face is the bravest memoir I've read in years. Listen to unlimited* audiobooks on the web, iPad, iPhone and Android. 0.0 0 5 Author: Shaun David Hutchinson. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. This book is a balm and I’m grateful it exists." Brave Face: A Memoir tells one particular teen's story in a frank, no-holds-barred way that deftly balances the way he sees things now, 20 years later, with the only way he was capable of seeing things in the moment, as things happened. Shaun David Hutchinson is the author of numerous books for young adults, including The Past and Other Things That Should Stay Buried, The Apocalypse of Elena Mendoza, At the Edge of the Universe, and We Are the Ants.He also edited the anthologies Violent Ends and Feral Youth and wrote the memoir Brave Face, which chronicles his struggles with depression and coming out during his teenage years. Brutal and essential.” (Sam J. Miller, award-winning author of The Art of Starving ) "As much a book about coming out as it is a book about simply coming to be, Brave Face is the bravest memoir I've read in years.

Hutchinson felt that books and movies told him what he was supposed to …