{"product_id":"bad-kid-a-memoir-9780062371287","title":"Bad Kid: A Memoir","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"David Crabb has a smart mouth. His memoir \u003cem\u003eBad Kid\u003c\/em\u003e is a delightfully funny, and devastatingly touching, portrait of the artist as a queer Goth kid growing up in San Antonio in the eighties among skinheads and preps, gays and geeks. Very School of John Waters in his infatuation with (and genius for evoking) trashy Americana, Crabb winds up taking us to the sweet spot of literature: the truth. I rarely laugh or cry when reading. \u003cem\u003eBad Kid\u003c\/em\u003e moved me to both.\" -- Brad Gooch, author of \u003cem\u003eSmash Cut\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFrom comedian, storyteller, and The Moth host David Crabb, comes a music-filled, refreshingly honest coming-of-age memoir about growing up gay and Goth in San Antonio, Texas. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the summer of 1989, three Goth kids crossed a street in San Antonio. They had no idea that a deeply confused fourteen-year-old boy was watching. Their dyed hair, fishnets, and eyeliner were his first evidence of another world--a place he desperately wanted to go. He just had no idea how to get there.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSomehow, David Crabb had convinced himself that every guy preferred French-braiding his girlfriend's hair to making out, and that the funny feelings he got watching \u003cem\u003eSilver Spoons \u003c\/em\u003eand \u003cem\u003eGrowing Pains \u003c\/em\u003ehad nothing to do with Ricky Schroeder or Kirk Cameron. But discovering George Michael's \u003cem\u003eFaith \u003c\/em\u003econfirmed what he was already being bullied for: he was gay. Surviving high school would require impossible feats of denial. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat saved him was finding a group of outlandish friends who reveled in being outsiders. David found himself enmeshed with misfits: wearing black, cutting class, staying out all night, drinking, tripping, chain-smoking, idolizing The Smiths, Pet Shop Boys, and Joy Division--and learning lessons about life and love along the way. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRichly detailed with 80s pop-culture, and including black and white photos throughout, BAD KID is as laugh-out-loud funny as it is poignant. Crabb's journey through adolescence captures the essence of every person's struggle to understand his or her true self.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e David Crabb\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Harper Perennial\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/19\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 352\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.50lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.30w x 0.80d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780062371287\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/01\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/13\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/01\/2015 pg. 71\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBookPage\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/01\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eShelf Awareness\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/05\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eCrabb, David:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDavid Crabb is a performer, writer, teacher, and storyteller in New York City. He is a \u003cem\u003eMoth\u003c\/em\u003e StorySLAM host and three-time \u003cem\u003eMoth\u003c\/em\u003e Slam winner. His solo show \u003cem\u003eBad Kid\u003c\/em\u003e was met with critical acclaim from the \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eFlavorpill\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eNY Metro\u003c\/em\u003e, and many others, and named a \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e Critics' Pick.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Harper Perennial","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43144519942259,"sku":"9.78006E+12","price":19.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/files\/img_24d47695-766e-4bad-a8e2-a791d5e2ee1a.jpg?v=1750503583","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/en-de\/products\/bad-kid-a-memoir-9780062371287","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}