People As Scars

By Aaron Black

Jess cut herself. Pink spirals and dark scars covered her biceps and thighs and other hidden places. Like those long dead cuts, some people cut through her life to stay. Her brother Jessie was one of them. Jessie's excitement about starting his senior year of high school has Jess trapped in a small town with no friends. This year is their first outside the psychiatric facility in which they grew up. At age 13, Jessica Jim?nez entered institutionalized life. She and Jessie share the same disease. Though they see themselves as different people, they inhabit one body. Locked together, they work to accept each other as each is a reflection of the other's self.Early readers have said about the novel--"a really compelling novel" and "...liked this book both for its bravery and understanding. Not an easy subject, and probably difficult for shallow minds to wrap their heads around." People As Scars deeply explores issues related to CIS gender and accepted gender as well as mental health rights and how these issues play out in daily life for someone coming of age in today's world. Those who have been able to engage with these sensitive subjects have found People As Scars to be driving and well thought out.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1793455740
• ISBN13: 9781793455741
• Release Date: May 2019
• Publisher: Independently published
• Length: 347 Pages
• Weight: 0.99 lbs.
• Dimensions: 7.8" x 0.8" x 5.1"