{"product_id":"stop-pretending-what-happened-when-my-big-sister-went-crazy-9780064462181","title":"Stop Pretending: What Happened When My Big Sister Went Crazy","description":"\u003cp\u003eContinuously in print for nearly two decades, this groundbreaking and profoundly moving story told in verse, from award-winning author Sonya Sones, has been repackaged with a striking new cover and bonus content.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen her beloved older sister is hospitalized after a sudden mental breakdown, Cookie is left behind to cope with a family torn apart by grief, friends who shun her, and her fear that she, too, might one day lose her mind.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBased on award-winning author Sonya Sones's own true story, this novel explores the chilling landscape of mental illness, revealing glimmers of beauty and of hope along the way. Told in a succession of short and powerful poems, it takes us deep into the cyclone of the narrator's emotions: despair, anger, guilt, resentment, and ultimately, acceptance.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSones, Sonya:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003eSonya Sones has written seven novels in verse: \u003cem\u003eThe \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003eOpposite of Innocent\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eStop Pretending: What Happened When My Big Sister Went Crazy\u003c\/em\u003e; \u003cem\u003eWhat My Mother Doesn't Know\u003c\/em\u003e and its companion, \u003cem\u003eWhat My Girlfriend Doesn't Know\u003c\/em\u003e; \u003cem\u003eOne of Those Hideous Books Where the Mother Dies\u003c\/em\u003e; \u003cem\u003eTo Be Perfectly Honest\u003c\/em\u003e; and \u003cem\u003eSaving Red\u003c\/em\u003e. Sonya's books have received many honors, but she was especially thrilled when she learned that she was on the American Library Association's list of the Most Frequently Challenged Authors of the 21st Century. She lives near the beach in California. You can visit her at www.sonyasones.com or write her at sonyasones@gmail.com. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Harperteen","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50844023390482,"sku":"9780064462181","price":7.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_67e3a529-2dac-4add-9359-1a47c1d22ce9.jpg?v=1737307382","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/stop-pretending-what-happened-when-my-big-sister-went-crazy-9780064462181","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}