Normal People Don't Live Like This (Hardcover)

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At 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. Dylan Landis is a gifted portraitist of unforgettable female characters. Normal People Don't Live Like This is a striking debut.

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Dylan Landis's critically acclaimed debut story collection is centered around Leah Levinson, a teenager girl growing up in New York City's Upper West Side in the 1970s. Leah and her eccentric mother Helen struggle to determine the optimal distance to keep from one another, as their personalities clash like similarly charged magnets in close quarters, yet they yearn for each other's company and comfort once they get too far apart.

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