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What the **** is Normal?!

What the **** is Normal?!

Summary

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?
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 the award-winning wobbly comedian Francesca Martinez’s 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’.

Reviews

  • A cheerful optimistic belly-laugh broadside at prejudice and a wonderful testament to the power of Being Funny. I love Francesca Martinez.
    STEVE COOGAN

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Francesca Martinez

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