Enter to win What Wasn't I Thinking? by Sebastian Stuart

What Wasn't I Thinking? DVD

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In the vibrant prose that has made him a bestselling novelist and award-winning playwright dubbed "the poet laureate of the Lower East Side" by the Village Voice, Stuart takes the reader on a wild journey of self-discovery. The quest leads him to a sad and shocking understanding of his family history and the price of denied grief.

Sebastian Stuart had a heady childhood. His brilliant, acerbic mother was the Entertainment Editor of Life magazine, and his father was an Oscar-nominated filmmaker. James Baldwin was a dinner guest and Bette Midler paid a courtesy call. Yet beneath the glittering parties, the family was haunted by unspoken tragedy.

By age fifteen Sebastian was dropping acid and turning tricks for money. He found friendship and solace with his cousin Tina, an aspiring poet and striking beauty who was signed by the Ford modeling agency. When Tina began to exhibit symptoms of schizophrenia, Sebastian was torn between a desire to save her and the fear of losing himself in her madness.

From San Francisco in the '70s to New York in the AIDS-ravaged '80s, Stuart's quest for self-discovery leads to a sad and shocking understand­ ing of his family history and the price of grief denied. And, ultimately, it leads to redemption. By turns hilarious, irreverent and heartbreaking, What Wasn't I Thinking? is an unflinching evocation of loss and forgiveness

"Sebastian Stuart's dazzling memoir held me in its thrall like the best kind of novel. His mastery of suspense and his inherent humanity make for one electrifying read." - Armistead Maupin

Sebastian Stuart has published nine novels, four under his own name, four "co-written" and one ghostwritten. The list includes a national bestseller published in eight languages, and a New York Times bestseller. His novel The Hour Between was an NPR Season 's Readings selection and won the Ferro-Grumley Award as best LGBT novel of the year. His plays have been seen at La Mama, the Public Theater, the Kitchen, and other downtown venues, and he has won grants from the Edward Albee Foundation, the Jerome Foundation, and Theater for the New City. His screenplays have been widely optioned.

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