{"product_id":"my-sister-from-the-black-lagoon-a-novel-of-my-life-9780684855387","title":"My Sister from the Black Lagoon: A Novel of My Life","description":"\"I was born into a mentally ill family. My sister was the officially crazy one, but really we were all nuts.\" So begins My Sister from the Black Lagoon, Laurie Fox's incandescent novel of growing up absurd. Lorna Person's tale is wrested from the shadows cast by her sister, Lonnie, whose rages command the full attention of her parents. Their San Fernando Valley household is off-key and out of kilter, a place where Lonnie sees evil in the morning toast and runs into the Burbank hills to join the animals that seem more like her kin. Lorna, on the other hand, is an acutely sensitive girl who can't relate to Barbie. \"Could Barbie feel sorrow? Could Barbie understand what it's like to be plump, lonely, Jewish?\" My Sister from the Black Lagoon is a wisecracked bell jar, a heartbreaking study of sane and crazy. Laurie Fox's delightful voice is knowing yet wide-eyed, lyrical, and witty.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Laurie Fox\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Simon \u0026amp; Schuster\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/13\/1999\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 336\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.67lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.85d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780684855387\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAccelerated Reader:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReading Level:\u003c\/b\u003e 6\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePoint Value:\u003c\/b\u003e 15\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eInterest Level:\u003c\/b\u003e Upper Grade\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eQuiz #\/Name: \u003c\/b\u003e68833 \/ My Sister from the Black Lagoon: A Novel of My Life\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/05\/1999 pg. 24\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLaurie Fox is the author of the autobiographical novel, \u003ci\u003eMy Sister from the Black Lagoon\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e The Lost Girls\u003c\/i\u003e, and the interactive poetry book, \u003ci\u003eSexy Hieroglyphics\u003c\/i\u003e. She has also published two chapbooks, \u003ci\u003eSweeping Beauty\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eI Love Walt\u003c\/i\u003e, and her poetry has been included in several literary journals. A graduate of the University of California Santa Cruz, Laurie has written and performed in dozens of plays and performance artworks. A former bookseller of both new and antiquarian books, Laurie was also a long-time creative writing teacher and works in publishing. A native of Los Angeles, Laurie resides in Berkeley, CA, where she lived in author Philip K. Dick's teenage home for seventeen years and still dreams of electric sheep! \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Simon \u0026 Schuster","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45236485881971,"sku":"9780684855387","price":27.72,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/files\/img_73c93a80-e86b-4a67-844c-9235288a71f9.jpg?v=1784027864","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/my-sister-from-the-black-lagoon-a-novel-of-my-life-9780684855387","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}