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Pretending Normal by Campisi, Mary is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.

What is Pretending Normal about?

Pretending Normal, formerly Lies Imitating Life, was a past quarter finalist in Ray Bradbury's New Century New Writer Award contest. It was also a past semi-finalist in the Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award contest.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 faded orange curtain in the kitchen, under the sink in the bathroom? Why can't anybody talk about what's happening?As Sara struggles to free herself from a life of dysfunction and disease, she will learn the true de

Who reads Pretending Normal?

Author

Campisi, Mary

Publisher

Mary Campisi

Published

2012

Language

EN

Category

work of fiction

Subjects

Fiction

Rating

3.86 / 5 (26 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14