How to be Normal [electronic resource]
Crawford, Ange2025
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Winner of the inaugural Walker Books Manuscript Prize. With themes including coercive control, coming of age, and finding yourself, this debut authentically deals with timely issues with insight, sympathy and well crafted humour. Astrid is about to start her last year at high school. And her first. When her dad loses his job, Astrid's homeschooling comes to an end. Until now, she has lived within the confines of a tightly controlled, contracted world where there's no room for anything ... except following her father's rules and pretending that everything is normal. As Astrid, and her mum, tentatively expand their world, they struggle to break free of their ingrained wariness and self-doubt. But with hope, new friends, and the strength of a promise, Astrid has a chance to find out what she wants, who she loves, and who she really is. Winner of the inaugural Walker Books Manuscript Prize, this is a brilliantly written YA debut that deftly explores timely issues with insight, humour and pathos.
Main title:
How to be Normal [electronic resource] / Ange Crawford
Author:
Crawford, Ange, Author
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Imprint:
[Place of publication not identified] : Walker Books Australia, 2025
Collation:
1 online resource (1 text file)
System details:
Mode of access: Internet
Biography/History:
Ange Crawford is a queer, neurodivergent writer based in Naarm/Melbourne. Currently a PhD candidate in the School of Media and Communications at RMIT, she holds a Bachelor of Social Science (Psychology, Honours 1) from Bond University and a Master of Arts (Writing) from Swinburne University of Technology. Her debut novel for young adults, How to Be Normal, is forthcoming from Walker Books in 2025. She has published shorter works across many genres, such as digital poetry, reviews, fiction and feature articles. She works as an editor and runs Seventh Gallery's emerging writers' program.
ISBN:
9781760659776
Language:
English
BRN:
564051
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