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Life Is Funny

Life Is Funny

Life Is Funny
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Life Is Funny Paperback - 2002

by Frank, E. R

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From the outside they're just a group of urban teenagers. But from the inside, they're some of the most complex people readers will ever meet.

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Penguin Young Readers Group. Used - Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.
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  • Title Life Is Funny
  • Author Frank, E. R
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition Reprint
  • Condition Used - Good
  • Pages 272
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Penguin Young Readers Group, New York, New York, U.S.A.
  • Date 2002-04-15
  • Bookseller's Inventory # GRP21497036
  • ISBN 9780142300831 / 0142300837
  • Weight 0.59 lbs (0.27 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.47 x 5.48 x 0.72 in (21.51 x 13.92 x 1.83 cm)
  • Reading level 830
  • Themes
    • Demographic Orientation: Urban
    • Topical: Coming of Age
    • Topical: Friendship
  • Library of Congress subjects Family problems, Interpersonal relations
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2001048436
  • Dewey Decimal Code FIC

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Summary

From the outside, they're simply a group of urban teenagers. But from the inside, they're some of the most complex people you'll ever meet. There's Eric, fiercely protective of his brother Mickey-but he has a secret that holds together his past and future. Sonia, struggling to live the life of a good Muslim girl in a foreign America. Gingerbread and Keisha, who fall in love despite themselves. Life Is Funny strips away the defenses of one group of teenagers living today, right now-and shows their unbearably real lives.

"First novelist Frank breaks new ground with a realistic, lyrical novel about eleven teens in Brooklyn now . . . Their talk is painful, rough, sexy, funny, fearful, furious, gentle. Each chapter, each vignette within a chapter, builds to its own climax, and the stories weave together to surprise you." (Booklist, starred review)

"An astounding first effort." (Kirkus Reviews, pointer review)

Media reviews

Citations

  • Kliatt, 07/01/2002, Page 18
  • Publishers Weekly, 03/25/2002, Page 0
  • PW Notes and Reprints, 03/25/2002, Page 67

About the author

E. R. Frank is an author, psychotherapist, and social worker. A native of Richmond, Virginia, Frank attended Vassar College, Hunter Graduate School of Social Work, and New York's Institute for Contemporary Psychotherapy. She is the author of five novels: Life Is Funny, Dime, America, Wrecked, and Friction. She lives in New Jersey with her husband and two children.
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