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 e-Book Add to Wish List
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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