Representation is so important! Last year I tackled plus size representation and today Hailey and I are discussing MENTAL HEALTH REP IN FICTION. We cover everything from why we believe it’s important, how to tell if it's a “good” representation, and of course we have some book recommendations.

Mental Health Awareness Month https://nami.org/Get-Involved/Awareness-Events/Mental-Health-Awareness-Month

Crisis Text Line: http://www.crisistextline.org, or text HOME to 741741

National Suicide Prevention Lifeline: 1-800-273-8255

Samaritans Helpline: 1-877-870-4673 (call or text)

Hailey’s YouTube https://www.youtube.com/c/haileyhughes

Hailey's Instagram https://www.instagram.com/haaileyaann/

Books Mentioned

Fierce Kingdom by Gin Phillips

Small Sacrifices by Ann Rule

Pretty Girls by Karin Slaughter

Other Black Girl by Zakiya Dalila Harris

The Broken Girls by Simone St. James

Untamed by Glennon Doyle

Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman

Turtles All the Way Down by John Green

Girl in Pieces by Kathleen Glasgow

Wintergirls by Laure Halse Anderson

Obsessed: A Memoir of My Life with OCD by Allison Britz

The Poet X by Elizabeth Acavedo

Grown by Tiffany D Jackson

All the Bright Places by Jennifer Niven

The Black Flamingo by Dean Atta

The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath

If Only I Could Tell You by Hannah Beckerman

The Perfect Child by Lucinda Berry

Saving Noah by Lucinda Berry

The House We Grew Up In By Lisa Jewell

The Night She Disappeared by Lisa Jewell

Marbles: Mania, Depression, Michelangelo, and Me by Ellen Forney

Weather Girl by Rachel Lynn Solomon

The Swimmers by Julie Otsuka

Hook Line and Sinker by Tessa Bailey

You've Lost A Lot of Blood by Eric Larocca

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