Download or read book Beautiful Mess written by Claire Christian and published by Text Publishing. This book was released on 2017-08-28 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: • 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