Oddly Normal One Family's Struggle to Help Their Teenage Son Come to Terms with His Sexuality

Name: Oddly Normal One Family's Struggle to Help Their Teenage Son Come to Terms with His Sexuality
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ISBN: 9781592408405

ISBN-10: 1592408400

ISBN-13: 9781592408405

Edition: N/A

Authors: John Schwartz

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A heartfelt memoir by the father of a gay teen, and an eye-opening story for families who hope to bring up well-adjusted gay adults.Four years ago, John Schwartz, a national correspondent at The New York Times, got the call that every parent hopes never to receive: his thirteen-year-old son, Joe, had tried to commit suicide. Hours before, he had come out to his classmates and was met by dismay and confusion. After school he took an overdose of pills. Oddly Normal is Schwartz’s very personal attempt to address his family’s own struggles within a culture that is changing fast, but not fast enough to help gay kids like Joe. Schwartz follows Joe through childhood to the present day,…

Book details

List price: $17.00
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
Publication date: 9/3/2013
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 320
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.00" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.550
Language: English

John Schwartz is a science reporter for "The Washington Post."