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Pretending normal, by Mary Campisi

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Pretending normal, by Mary Campisi

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

novels

Main title

Pretending normal

Medium

electronic resource

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Oclc number

812538254

Responsibility statement

by Mary Campisi

Summary

1976, before Sara Polokovich wants out of Norwood, Pennsylvania, population 4,582, where the undertaker and the butcher are the same person. All she has to do is earn a scholarship. Just two more years ... but until then, she pours over classics to strengthen her comprehension skills, reviews for the SAT, and continues to request college brochures from every school in the northeast. Sara's just buried her mother, her father drinks too much, and her kid sister won't leave her alone. Why can't her life be normal? Even half-normal? Why does Frank, (she refuses to think of him as her father anymore), spend all of his time in the garage with that damn '57 Chevy? And why does he have to hide bottles all over the house; in the red metal cupboard in the garage, behind the ..

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