Desi Girl Speaking
Age 14 +
09 May 2024Imprint: Hot Key Books
Synopsis
Tweety is struggling.
Battling depression and faced with parents and friends who don't fully understand what's happening, sixteen-year-old Tweety feels like no one is listening and there's nowhere to turn to. Until she stumbles across Desi Girl Speaking, a podcast by someone else who's struggling too.
Through episodes and exchanged emails, Tweety and Desi Girl begin to confide in each other,...
Battling depression and faced with parents and friends who don't fully understand what's happening, sixteen-year-old Tweety feels like no one is listening and there's nowhere to turn to. Until she stumbles across Desi Girl Speaking, a podcast by someone else who's struggling too.
Through episodes and exchanged emails, Tweety and Desi Girl begin to confide in each other,...
Details
09 May 2024400 pages
9781471413490Imprint: Hot Key Books
Reviews
An enlightening story, an original and thought provoking teen and YA fiction book [...] Desi Girl Speaking is an edifying read that will hopefully start a conversation on how to approach psychiatry within different cultural communities. Well worth reading, speaking up about and discussing.Armadillo Magazine
An important story for anyone struggling with their mental health [...] realistic and hopeful.The School Librarian
Touching, powerful, enlightening.Bev Humphrey