| Normal People Don't Live Like This Contributor(s): Landis, Dylan (Author) |
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ISBN: 0892553545 ISBN-13: 9780892553549 Publisher: Persea Books OUR PRICE: $13.50 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: September 2009 Annotation: "Wonderful! Leah and Helen are authentic, vulnerable characters, whose intimate truths are exposed at perfect, unexpected moments."-Elizabeth Strout |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Coming Of Age - Fiction | Women - Fiction | Literary |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 2009009599 |
| Physical Information: 0.51" H x 5.42" W x 8.16" (0.50 lbs) 192 pages |
| Themes: - Topical - Adolescence/Coming of Age - Locality - New York, N.Y. - Geographic Orientation - New York - Cultural Region - Mid-Atlantic - Cultural Region - Northeast U.S. |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: At the center of this startling fiction debut is Leah Levinson, a teen at sea in the anonymous ordeals of a middle-class upbringing on the Upper West Side in the 1970s. In ten installments, written from varying perspectives, we witness her uneasy relationships with faster, looser peers--girls she is drawn to but also alienated by. No one, though, alienates Leah more than her mother, Helen. Estranged yet intertwined, they struggle within the confines of their personalities, unaware of how similar their paths are. Just when they seem at a lonely impasse, each makes an impulsive change--Leah taking a risky trip abroad, Helen renting a secret room in a welfare hotel. Jolted from their old patterns, the two of them independently glimpse the possibility of a more hopeful life. Dylan Landis is a gifted portraitist of unforgettable female characters. Normal People Don't Live Like This is a striking debut. |
Contributor Bio(s): Landis, Dylan: - Dylan Landis has published stories in Bomb, Tin House, Best American Nonrequired Reading, and elsewhere. A former journalist, she has won a Poets & Writers California Voices Award and other honors for her fiction. She lives in Washington, DC. |