Boaz Behaving Badly

Malina Saval (malinasarah@yahoo.com)
Malina Saval is the author of The Secret Lives of Boys: Inside the Raw Emotional World

Abstract

Temper tantrums, emotional meltdowns and screaming fits in public venues are everyday events in the life of Boaz, a feisty and affectionate five year-old boy with behavioral issues and developmental delays. The wondrous yet sometimes thorny world of boyhood is presented from the perspective of a mother who feels the incessant need to leap to her young son's defense.

Author Biography

Malina Saval is the author of The Secret Lives of Boys: Inside the Raw Emotional World of Male Teens. Her essays and articles have been featured in the Los Angeles Times, LA Weekly, Variety, Heeb, Forward, Flaunt, Glamour and the Jerusalem Post. She received her undergraduate degree from Cornell University and her MFA from University of Southern California School of Cinematic Arts.

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