{"product_id":"life-is-funny-paperback","title":"Life Is Funny - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eE. R. Frank\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom 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. \u003ci\u003eLife Is Funny\u003c\/i\u003e strips away the defenses of one group of teenagers living today, right now-and shows their unbearably real lives. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"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.\" (\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e, starred review) \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"An astounding first effort.\" (\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e, pointer review)\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eE. R. Frank\u003c\/b\u003e 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: \u003ci\u003e Life Is Funny, Dime, America, Wrecked, \u003c\/i\u003e and\u003ci\u003e Friction.\u003c\/i\u003e She lives in New Jersey with her husband and two children.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 272\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.72 x 8.47 x 5.48 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 15, 2002\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \u003cdiv\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAccelerated Reader:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eQuiz Name:\u003c\/strong\u003e Life Is Funny\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eInterest Level:\u003c\/strong\u003e Upper Grades, 9-12\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReading Level:\u003c\/strong\u003e 4.7\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePoint Value:\u003c\/strong\u003e 8\u003c\/div\u003e\n                ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51751247806752,"sku":"9780142300831","price":14.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/2af54648a13edabe925e635f89233743.webp?v=1779968649","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/life-is-funny-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}