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What the **** is Normal?! - Francesca Martinez

What the **** is Normal?!

By: Francesca Martinez

Paperback | 1 September 2015 | Edition Number 1

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The debut book by award-winning comedian Francesca Martinez

If you grow up in a world where wrinkles are practically illegal, going bald is cause for a mental breakdown, and women over size zero are encouraged to shoot themselves (immediately), what the hell do you do if you're, gasp . . . DISABLED? Francesca was diagnosed with cerebral palsy when she was two years old and her parents were gravely told that she would never lead a "normal" life. Whatever body you're born into, the pressure to be normal is everywhere. But have you ever met a normal person? What do they look like? Where do they live? What do they eat for breakfast? And what the **** does normal mean anyway? This is a very funny, very moving celebration and exploration of learning to be happy with who you are. Neither an autobiography nor a self-help book, it's a powerful and political call-to-arms that rails against the relentless media bombardment of what is culturally perceived as "normal." Award-winning wobbly comedian Francesca Martinez tell her funny, personal, and universal story of how she learned to stick two shaky fingers up to the crazy expectations of a world obsessed with being "normal." THE WOBBLY REVOLUTION STARTS HERE.
Industry Reviews
Her observations and perspective are unique and powerful. This is a funny, compassionate and inspiring story of how 'being different' can become, with the right attitude, an unlikely advantage. Also, it's bloody funny and touching * Russell Brand *
A cheerful optimistic belly-laugh broadside at prejudice and a wonderful testament to the power of "being funny", I love Francesca Martinez * Steve Coogan *
A wonderful read! Warm, funny and unforgettable * Jonathan Ross *
A very, very important [book] ... I can't think of a work that has so brilliantly expressed how a person disabled from birth sees herself -- Dominic Lawson * The Sunday Times *
As entertaining as it is moving ... this book is a wonderful, funny, warm coming-of-age memoir about finding your own path in life. Long may she wobble. Five stars. * Viv Groskop, The Telegraph *

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