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On the Outskirts of Normal: Forging a Family Against the Grain
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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher Consortium Book Sales & Dist
Publication date June 15, 2011
Pages 218
Binding Paperback
Book category Adult Non-Fiction
ISBN-13 9780983547709
ISBN-10 098354770X
Dimensions 0.25 by 5.25 by 8 in.
Weight 0.55 lbs.
Availability§ Out of Print
Original list price $14.95
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"If On the Outskirts of Normal were a country song, Lucinda Williams would sing it."—The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

In a small town where mothers with careers are rare, let alone a white mother who's adopted a black baby, Debra Monroe confronts her past in order to make a life for her daughter, and rebuilds a half-ruined cabin and her sense of what makes a family.

Debra Monroe is the author of four books of fiction. She teaches in the MFA program at Texas State University.



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Hardcover
Book cover for 9780870745607
 
1 edition from Southern Methodist Univ Pr (May 15, 2010)
9780870745607 | details & prices | 232 pages | 6.50 × 9.75 × 1.00 in. | 1.15 lbs | List price $22.50
Paperback
Book cover for 9780820349114 Book cover for 9780983547709
 
Reissue edition from Univ of Georgia Pr (November 1, 2015)
9780820349114 | details & prices | 208 pages | 5.50 × 8.50 × 0.75 in. | 0.70 lbs | List price $18.95
About: After moving to a humble cottage outside of a tiny Texas town, Debra Monroe rids herself of an abusive husband, battles sexist contractors and workers as she renovates her home, and finally, after several disheartening letdowns, is able to adopt her beautiful baby daughter, Marie.
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from Consortium Book Sales & Dist (June 15, 2011)
9780983547709 | details & prices | 218 pages | 5.25 × 8.00 × 0.25 in. | 0.55 lbs | List price $14.95
About: "If On the Outskirts of Normal were a country song, Lucinda Williams would sing it.

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