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The Ugly Gay Duckling
Jay is fifteen and gay, and everyone knows it but him…
At home, things are tense. At school, it’s worse—bullies hound him, teachers turn a blind eye to the torture, and even the few “friends” he has pick on him and call him names. The walk home offers no peace either; some of his bullies live just down the street. They call him gay. They tell him every day.
Grade 9 was a nightmare. But Grade 10? It brings something unexpected: Jay meets a boy he deems “the coolest guy in the world”. Their unlikely friendship sparks a quiet shift in Jay’s world.
Little does Jay know that his Grade 10 year will be the beginning of a new Jay. As the year unfolds, new connections challenge what Jay thought he knew about himself. And slowly—cautiously—he begins to step out of survival mode, to speak up, to be seen. This is the coming-of-age story of how Jay begins to show up for his own life… and to come out—of his shell.
This novel contains strong language and explicit depictions of sexual activity between men.
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… Please Don’t Read This and Tell Me You Still Love My Mother…
I was born in 1977, and at that time, the concept of “narcissism” was often limited to the image of a beautiful woman sitting on a tuffet, admiring her reflection in a mirror while the world passed her by. If only it were that simple.
My name is Jason, and I was raised by a narcissistic mother. No, she didn’t spend her days staring into a mirror. Instead, she regularly put me in danger, ignored me during some of my most difficult times, and placed me in some of the most perilous situations imaginable. Meanwhile, I watched her treat my brother as if he were a perfect, infallible angel, no matter what he did.
Inside, you’ll find stories of what I later learned as an adult is called “narcissistic abuse.” This is what I endured as a child and continued to face well into my twenties. I often felt alone, believing that no one could understand because no one had a mom like mine or stories about their parents that I could relate to.
It is my hope that if you have dealt with a mother like mine, you will realize you are not alone and may see yourself in these stories.
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