Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #321866 in Books
• Published on: 2006-05-01
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 240 pages

Customer Reviews

Author's Note
As strange as this may sound, please don't buy this pink/purple cover version of this book - it's not the real-deal. The publisher has never sent any royalties on this although managing somehow to continuously sell it guilt free. If you're looking for the "real" version, you want the one published by BOLD STROKES BOOKS - and the cover is definitely different.
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JD Glass

Up all night
I stayed up all night to read this - the first time on-line, the second as soon as I got the book in my sweaty little hands!
JD Glass delivers a one-two punch in print - Nina is smart, doesn't know she's sexy, and is just way too cool - and she doesn't know that either. Her brother Nicky is everything you want your brother to be, and the girls Nina knows are the ones you've met - the nice ones, the bitchy ones, and the too cool for words ones.
As I read this, I felt Nina's struggle to figure out how she feels about everything - from her best friend, to her burgeoning identity and her struggle to remain ethically true to herself - wow.
JD Glass takes you on the ride, Nina tells the story, but you feel like you're living it - and if Nina's experience wasn't yours (or very close to it), believe me - it's definitely someone you know.
Get this book because you want to laugh, get it because you want to cry, get it because the good guy, um gal, doesn't finish "first," but finishes with guts and grace and dignity. Should be on the shelf of anyone coming out, who wants to come out, came out a long time ago, or knows someone "going through it." You will be glad you did.

Genius, Life -Affirming
If you only read one book in the next six months, let Punk Like Me by JD Glass be that book. It is different. It is engaging. It is life-affirming. Frankly, it is genius.

Punk Like Me cannot be easily dismissed as another coming out story. While on the surface it is about Nina Boyd, a young woman recalling her first experiences at finding love, it really is about much more. Imagine having your first sexual experience and not being able to share it with anyone, even your friends. Imagine falling in love for the first time and not being able to tell anyone even your parents and siblings. Imagine having all of these feelings as a teenager bottled up inside you and no outlet for you to express them. This is what it means to be a young gay or lesbian in America. But instead of feeling sorry for this young woman, we are uplifted by how Nina battles against all odds to remain true to herself as well as those around her. She is gutsy, smart and boldly honest.

Nina recounts how she doesn't even think of following the easy path and lying to her parents, teachers and friends. Glass illustrates vividly the price that Nina pays for following her heart. With Punk Like Me we feel many emotions along with Nina, but the one we feel the most is pride and hope. Because every day there are young gays and lesbians fighting to find themselves and fit into a world that can be cold, cruel and unforgiving. This is our future standing tall and, most of the time, alone, and this is the impact of this story. At a minimum it compels us to listen and to remember. Glass wants us to take notice. Nina's story is a powerful message that reminds us of our responsibilities, and she does this without preaching or shoving it down our throats.

Glass writes in the first person which creates an effective bond with the reader. Her rhythmic writing style, laced with humor, makes it easy for us to glide through the pages effortlessly, absorbing the full measure of Punk Like Me. This is a rare book in that it has a soul; one that is laid bare for all to see. We owe it ourselves to read this book, but more importantly we owe to our future.