A poignant and searingly honest companion novel to the multi-award-winning The Lesbiana’s Guide to Catholic School by Sonora Reyes, The Golden Boy's Guide to Bipolar follows beloved character Cesar Flores as he comes to terms with his sexuality, his new bipolar diagnosis, and more mistakes than he can count.
Seventeen-year-old Cesar Flores is finally ready to win back his ex-boyfriend. Since breaking up with Jamal in a last-ditch effort to stay in the closet, he’s come out to Mami, his sister, and their friends, taken his meds faithfully, and gotten his therapist’s blessing to reunite with Jamal.
Everything would be perfect if it weren’t for The Thoughts—intrusive, ridiculing, and riddled with Catholic guilt. The louder they become, the more Cesar is once again convinced that he doesn't deserve someone like Jamal—or anyone, really.
Cesar can mask a fair amount of shame behind jokes and his “gifted” reputation, but when a manic episode makes his inner turmoil impossible to hide, he’s faced with a stark choice: burn every bridge he has left or worse—ask for help. But is the mortifying vulnerability of being loved by the people he’s hurt the most a risk he’s willing to take?
