Beautiful Mess
Beautiful Mess by Claire Christian, published by Text Publishing Company on August 28, 2017, is a young adult fiction novel that explores themes of grief, loss, and first love. The story follows Gideon, a slam poet grappling with anxiety, and Ava, a Greek girl navigating her complex life, including a job in a kebab shop and a challenging relationship with her deceased best friend’s brother. This edition contains 304 pages and is written in English.
Readers will find a raw and humorous narrative that delves into the lives of two distinct teenagers as they discover that their paths to healing are intertwined. Beautiful Mess presents a candid look at mental health, emphasizing the importance of connection and support among peers. The book aims to resonate with young adults, offering a relatable perspective on the challenges they face.
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• The 2016 winner of the Text Prize for Children’s and YA Writing brings us a raw, funny and truthful take on grief, loss and first love
• Gideon is a slam poet with two mums, a Vietnamese half-sister and crippling anxiety. Ava is a Greek girl with a job in a kebab shop, a single dad and a complicated relationship with her dead best friend’s brother. Beautiful Mess takes us into the thoughts of two very different teenagers as they realise that the only people who can help them move on with their lives are each other
• A witty and warm coming-of-age story for ages 14+
• Claire Christian is a young writer from Brisbane with a passion for embracing diversity, who wants to talk about mental health in a way that feels real and connected to the actual experiences of young people
• Beautiful Mess is set to change the way we talk about mental health with young people
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