Tomas Mournian is the author of

hidden (Kensington, $15 pb).

When Ahmed’s parents send him to the gay-to-straightbootcamp, Serenity Ridge, it’s with one goal: to “fix” their son, at any cost.But after eleven months of abuse, Ahmed runs away to San Francisco andtwenty-four hours later finds himself living underground, perfectly hidden.

In San Francisco, he moves into a safehouse populated by agroup of seven teens. Until they come of age, the kids hide from neighbors,ruthless bounty hunters and the police. Ahmed, now known as Ben, struggles toresolve his traumatic experience while living with a group of strangers in aplace where friendship and sex are easily confused with love. Their fights,fears, and desires always threaten to shatter their fragile sanctuary as theystruggle to survive adolescence in a place no one really wants to call home,yet where they choose to remain hidden.

hidden is a fresh, provocative, and utterlyoriginal fiction debut from Tomas Mournian about the undergroundsafehouses that harbor teens who have escaped from abusive residentialtreatment centers. Once they arrive, these teens must stay hidden at thesafehouses until they reach adulthood. Inspired by Barbara Waltersground-breaking 20/20 report about gay teens sent to boot camps, Mournianbroke the story for the San Francisco Bay Guardian about teens whoescaped from those abusive boot camps and found refuge in safehouses. Thearticle was syndicated internationally, and a short film based on the articlewas produced by George Michael and screened at Equality Rocks. TomasMournian has written a compelling and deeply human debut novel that canonly come from firsthand knowledge of a little known world.

Hidden (Hardcover)

By Tomas Mournian

$15.00

ISBN-13: 9780758251312
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Published: Kensington, 2/2011

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