Bad Kid: A Memoir (P.S. (Paperback)) - Softcover

Crabb, David

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0062371282 ISBN 13: 9780062371287

Publisher: Harper Perennial, 2015

Synopsis

[ Bad Kid: A Memoir By ( Author ) May-2015 Paperback

About this title

Review:

"The author's story wonderfully captures the awkwardness, strife, and even terror of his experience as a gay teen; it is also upbeat, endearing, and achingly funny. A vivid and dramatic slice of adolescence."--Kirkus Reviews

"I expected a memoir from David Crabb to be funny; what I wasn't prepared for is how touching it is. It's a story of finding oneself in adolescence for anyone who has ever felt like an outsider."--Teddy Wayne, author of The Love Song of Jonny Valentine and Kapitoil

"Crabb winds up taking us to the sweet spot of literature: the truth. I rarely laugh or cry when reading. Bad Kid moved me to both."--Brad Gooch, author of Smash Cut

"How can this author's painful coming-out story-set in Texas be so utterly hilarious? Only David Crabb could transform loneliness and awkwardness and heartache into a laugh-out-loud, '90s-music-blasting, eyeliner-dripping joy ride. Bad Kid is a must-read."--Diana Spechler, author of Who by Fire and Skinny

..".engaging memoir...Crabb presents this hormone-fueled roller-coaster ride with humor and sensitivity, and draws moving portraits of the people who provided him with a community. Crabb's exploration of the intensity, and necessity, of teen friendships especially resonates."--Publishers Weekly

"With just the right mix of humor and pathos, Crabb recounts cringe-worthy teenage milestones like a forced first kiss and the unwanted gift of a car. Not everyone had to face what he did, but all can empathize with Bad Kid."--Booklist

"You simply won't find a more hilarious and captivating storyteller than David Crabb. His tales of a misspent youth are jaw-dropping, but clearly, his head and heart stayed gold."--Kevin Allison, writer and performing member of MTV's The State

From the Back Cover:

Discovering George Michael's Faith confirmed for David Crabb what every bully already knew: he was gay. What saved him from high school was finding a group of outlandish friends who reveled in being outsiders. David found himself enmeshed with misfits: wearing black, cutting class, staying out all night, drinking, tripping, chain-smoking, idolizing the Pet Shop Boys--and learning lessons about life and love along the way.

Richly detailed with nineties pop-culture, and including black-and-white photos throughout, Bad Kid is as laugh-out-loud funny as it is poignant. David Crabb's journey through adolescence captures the essence of every person's struggle to understand his or her true self.

About this edition

• Publisher: Harper Perennial
• Publication date: 2015
• ISBN 10: 0062371282
• ISBN 13: 9780062371287
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 352