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CBC Showcase: Fiction on the Edge

The harrowing and remarkable true story of one girl's struggle with anxiety disorder.

cover I Don't Want to Be Crazy

by Samantha Schutz

This is a true story of growing up, breaking down, and coming to grips with a psychological disorder. When Samantha Schutz first left home for college, she was excited by the possibilities. At first, she revelled in the independence . . . but as pressures increased, she began to suffer anxiety attacks that would leave her mentally shaken and physically incapacitated. Thus began a hard road of discovery and coping, powerfully rendered in this poetry memoir.


Ages 12 and up
ISBN: 0-439-80518-X
Price: $17.99
Publisher: PUSH

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