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001 2009009599
003 DLC
005 20100901115209.0
008 090310s2009 nyu 000 j eng
010 $a 2009009599
020 $a9780892553549 (trade pbk. : alk. paper)
020 $a0892553545 (trade pbk. : alk. paper)
035 $a(OCoLC)ocn286439623
040 $aDLC$cDLC$dBTCTA$dYDXCP$dWIQ$dC#P$dBWX$dGPI$dVP@$dDLC
043 $an-us-ny
050 00 $aPS3612.A5482$bN67 2009
082 00 $a813/.6$222
100 1 $aLandis, Dylan,$d1956-
245 10 $aNormal people don't live like this /$cDylan Landis.
250 $a1st ed.
260 $aNew York :$bPersea Books,$cc2009.
300 $a181 p. ;$c21 cm.
500 $a"A Karen & Michael Braziller book."
505 0 $aJazz -- Fire -- Rose -- Rana Fegrina -- Normal people don't live like this -- Underwater -- Breakage -- Hate -- Excelsior -- Delacroix.
520 $aAt 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.
650 0 $aTeenage girls$vFiction.
650 0 $aNineteen seventies$vFiction.
651 0 $aNew York (N.Y.)$vFiction.