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The Seduction of Sophie Seacrest, August 2011
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A Taste of Seduction, March 2011
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The Sweetest Deal, September 2010
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Not Your Everyday Housewife, November 2009
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A Family Affair, August 2006
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The Butterfly Garden, January 2003
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Simple Riches, August 2002
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Paradise Found, March 2002
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Innocent Betrayal, May 2000
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Pretending Normal
Mary Campisi

A teen discovers the truth about human frailty and the meaning of family with all of its flaws and weaknesses.

Eternal Press
February 2012
On Sale: February 24, 2012
Featuring: Sara Polokovich; Frank Polokovich
198 pages
ISBN: 1476152659
EAN: 9781476152653
Kindle: B007D9UJWK
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Young Adult Contemporary

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 depths of a parent's love and the ultimate sacrifice given–– and taken–– in the name of that love. Pretending Normal follows Sara Polokovich's coming of age as she discovers the truths about family with all of its flaws and weaknesses as the bond that holds one to another, in love, loyalty, even death.

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