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Entering Normal

by Anne D. LeClaire
RM44.25 MYR RM36.81 MYR 17% off
RM33.13 MYR Thryft Club Member Price
Entering Normal - Thryft
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Mother's journey to serendipitous friendship and renewal.

"Entering Normal" is an evocative pick for anyone who's seeking a story of resilience and the transformative power of unexpected relationships. Anne D. LeClaire has a way of delicately exploring the depths of human emotion, ideal for those who appreciate narratives about starting anew and forming bonds that transcend life's challenges. This tale of two contrasting women finding common ground in a small town will reel you in with its heartfelt exploration of loss, motherhood, and the quest for belonging.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.
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Entering Normal

by Anne D. LeClaire
RM44.25 MYR RM36.81 MYR 17% off
RM33.13 MYR Thryft Club Member Price
ISBN: 9780752847887
Authors: Anne D. LeClaire
Publisher: Orion Paperbacks
Date of Publication: 2002-09-05
Format: Paperback
Related Collections: Drama, Contemporary, Literary Fiction
Related Topics: Japanese Literature, Asian Literature, Feminism, LGBTQ+, Literature, Race, Theatre, Dystopia
Goodreads rating: 3.55
(rated by 565 readers)

Description

In the tradition of The Good Mother and The Deep End of the Ocean, Anne D. LeClaire delivers a heartbreaking–and breathtaking–novel of two very different but equally loving mothers who face the most painful of losses and then find the courage not only to go on but to find meaning and hope in their lives. Rose Nelson is a middle-aged woman with a broken past, a sorrow from which she cannot recover. Secretly guilty about her role in her teenaged son’s death five years ago, she has sealed herself off from life, enveloped by a grief that has slowly eaten away at her relationship with her husband. Against her will, Rose is drawn into the world she has avoided when Opal Gates and her five-year-old son, Zack, move in next door. Determined to start an independent life for herself, twenty-year-old Opal has left her family and the father of her son in North Carolina. But when she quickly begins an affair with Tyrone Miller, a part-time mechanic and local musician, Opal unwittingly breaks the tacit rules of both her family and her new hometown. Initially, Rose cannot bear the sight of Opal and her son. But later when Zack is injured, she instinctively lies to protect Opal from a single mistake that changes the lives of everyone involved. Faced with a custody suit brought by Zack’s father and her own parents, Opal faces a trial in which each choice she has
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Mother's journey to serendipitous friendship and renewal.

"Entering Normal" is an evocative pick for anyone who's seeking a story of resilience and the transformative power of unexpected relationships. Anne D. LeClaire has a way of delicately exploring the depths of human emotion, ideal for those who appreciate narratives about starting anew and forming bonds that transcend life's challenges. This tale of two contrasting women finding common ground in a small town will reel you in with its heartfelt exploration of loss, motherhood, and the quest for belonging.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.