{"product_id":"9781944855178","title":"WTF, Dorkus!: Schoolin' My Shrink On Teen Suicide","description":"\u003cp\u003eWTF, Dorkus! is a novel about love and suicide.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTripsy South is a super-smart and thinking seventeen-year-old girl with a hyperkinetic knowledge of suicide in teens, especially girls. She “suffers” from a laundry list of maladies, including unio mystica, a special knowledge that also comes with a caustic and devastating wit that often draws blood from anyone nearby. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTripsy’s pissed off at everyone well beyond her kill radius because America’s teen-suicide epidemic isn’t just growing, it’s actively being fueled by BigPharma, BigMedia and America's government, corporate and civic leaders, who very clearly don’t give a damn. Worse, they all allow the epidemic to continue.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThese sad facts drive Tripsy even nuttier than she already advertises.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDon’t be quick to feel sorry for Tripsy, though: this young brainiac has a master plan to shake things up.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOne day, out of the blue, she descends into the office of Dr. Jon Moore, a middle-of-the-road psychiatrist in Santa Barbara, California, who treats troubled children and suicidal teens. She then begins a year-long series of in-depth psychiatric sessions that test Dr. Moore’s last raw nerve. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDr. Moore has written his own unpublished manuscript about teen suicidal behavior, but he gets schooled on every level by this precocious young expert on all elements of teen suicide.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUnsure about how to react to Tripsy’s unusual behavior, let alone how to treat her, Dr. Moore embarks on a deep emotional journey that forces him to examine his own past, present and future, not only as a psychiatrist but as a human being.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eStructured as lengthy doctor's notes, WTF, Dorkus! takes you on a wild roller-coaster ride of emotions, thoughts and beliefs, and introduces some hard facts about American teens in the throes of anxiety, depression and suicidal behavior.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWill Dr. Moore survive this young girl’s storming into his life and educating him in ways he never imagined?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat will become of Tripsy who, as she informed Dr. Moore, has only one year left in her?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the end, we can’t help but look around in disbelief and go, “WTF just happened!?” \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Adagio Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47169826062576,"sku":"9781944855178","price":9.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781944855178_p0.jpg?v=1763791604","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781944855178","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}