Exposed

About the Book

As a young child and teenager growing up with Dermatomyositis, Helen discovers how indubitably frustrating it can be at times to find acceptance among her peers and the people she encounters on a daily basis. We experience firsthand just how uncomfortable the human stare can be, and what one would do in desperation for that “miracle cure.” Told candidly and at times humorously, this is a story of a young girl’s determined odyssey into young adulthood.

About the Author

Helen Leung lives in Queens, New York, with her family. Born in 1979, she graduated from New York University with an English degree. Her poems Untitled and The View on Mt. Olympus has appeared in two editions of The National Library of Poetry. Other poems such as Mother’s Nature appeared in the edition of Treasures by Illiad Press and her latest one called I Remember was featured in the Winter 2000 issue of Verses magazine. Her short story Jagged Edges is published in the literary magazine The West 4th Street Review. Exposed is Helen’s first book.