{"product_id":"9781543698084","title":"Nearly Normal: Surviving the Wilderness, My Family and Myself","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom the author of the best-selling memoir \u003ci\u003eNorth of Normal\u003c\/i\u003e comes the harrowing story of a past that won't let go, and one woman's attempt to put her life back together after everything falls apart. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn her best-selling memoir \u003ci\u003eNorth of Normal\u003c\/i\u003e, Cea wrote with grace about her unconventional childhood - her early years living in a tipi in Alberta with her pot-smoking, free-loving counterculture family. But her struggles do not end when she leaves her family at the age of 13 to become a model. Honest and daring, \u003ci\u003eNearly Normal\u003c\/i\u003e reveals the many ways that Cea's unconventional childhood continues to reverberate through the years. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt the age of 37, Cea has built a life that looks like the normal one she craved as a child - husband, young son, beautiful house, enviable career. But her carefully art-directed world is about to crumble around her. As she confronts the death of her still-young mother, the disintegration of her second marriage and the demise of her business, all within a few months, she finally faces the need to look at her past to make sense of her present. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Globe and Mail\u003c\/i\u003e says \"Person's best gifts as a writer are her memory, her knack for knowing when to dig down into the finer details of a scene, and when to pull back.\" \u003ci\u003eNearly Normal\u003c\/i\u003e chronicles the many stories Cea left untold but that needed telling. Settled into a new and much happier life after the release of her first book, she is nonetheless compelled to continue searching for answers about her enigmatic family. She discovers the value in the lessons they taught her, and the power of taking responsibility for her own choices. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Brilliance Audio","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47030453403888,"sku":"9781543698084","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781543698084_p0.jpg?v=1763748395","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781543698084","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}