{"product_id":"i-wouldnt-normally-do-this-kind-of-thing-paperback","title":"I Wouldn't Normally Do This Kind of Thing - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMarshall Moore\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat do you get when you mix a father with severe PTSD after barely surviving the Vietnam War, a self-proclaimed clairvoyant mother with anger issues and no filter whatsoever, rivers of booze, an awkward but academically gifted son, and a daughter with a hidden disability and a mile-wide rebellious streak? This is going to get messy. Then throw in a generous helping of domestic violence, some good old-fashioned small-town Southern homophobia, and the kind of dark family secret that makes headlines. You've got all the makings of a complete, blazing disaster. Literally: Marshall Moore got into the groundbreaking North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics, the nation's first residential STEM-focused magnet school, as a means of escaping a hometown and a childhood he otherwise might not have survived. He then set it on fire. And then the story gets really complicated. \u003cem\u003eI Wouldn't Normally Do This Kind of Thing\u003c\/em\u003e is a memoir about a family cosplaying normalcy in Southern suburbia in the seventies and eighties: shocking, hilarious, appalling, bizarre, and... actually true.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMarshall Moore\u003c\/strong\u003e is the author of four novels (\u003cem\u003eInhospitable\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eBitter Orange\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eAn Ideal for Living\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eThe Concrete Sky\u003c\/em\u003e) and three short-fiction collections (\u003cem\u003eA Garden Fed by Lightning\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Infernal Republic\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eBlack Shapes in a Darkened Room\u003c\/em\u003e). His work has appeared in \u003cem\u003eThe Southern Review\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eLitro, Storgy\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003ePassengers Journal\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eQuarterly Literary Review Singapore\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eAsia Literary Review\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Barcelona Review\u003c\/em\u003e, and many other journals and anthologies. He is also the co-editor of three academic books on the pedagogy of creative writing and publishing. He holds a PhD in creative writing from Aberystwyth University. A native of eastern North Carolina, he lives in Cornwall, England, and teaches creative writing and publishing at Falmouth University.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 278\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.63 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 01, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52448125157683,"sku":"9781608641611","price":32.85,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/dlJ5bWtwaVZrbDdvSlZ2T01tdFpiZz09.webp?v=1759028323","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/i-wouldnt-normally-do-this-kind-of-thing-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}