Her parents place 12-year-old Catherine in charge of her younger autistic brother more often than she would like. The appealing, credible narrator at the heart of Lord's debut novel will draw in readers, as she struggles to find order and balance in her life. And maybe normal is not so important after all. begins to realize "normal" means different things to different people. A former teacher, behavioural specialist, and bookseller, she lives with her husband and children in Maine. She's spent years trying to teach David the rules from "a peach is not a funny-looking apple" to "keep your pants on in public"-in order to head off David's embarrassing behaviors.īut the summer Catherine meets Jason, a surprising, new sort-of friend, and Kristi, the next-door friend she's always wished for, it's her own shocking behavior that turns everything upside down and forces her to ask: What is normal? ( From the publisher.)Ĭynthia Lord is the mother of two children, one of whom has autism. Which is near impossible when you have a brother with autism and a family that revolves around his disability. Twelve-year-old Catherine just wants a normal life.
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