{"product_id":"normal-rules-dont-apply-isbn-9780593793220","title":"Normal Rules Don't Apply","description":"\u003cb\u003eA dazzling collection of eleven interconnected stories from the bestselling, award-winning author of \u003ci\u003eShrines of Gaiety\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eLife After Life\u003c\/i\u003e which offer the gimlet eye and delightful social critique that have made Atkinson one of the most lauded writers of our time.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn this brilliant volume, nothing is quite as it seems. We meet a queen who makes a bargain she cannot keep; a secretary who watches over the life she has just left; a lost man who bets on a horse that may—or may not—have spoken to him. Everything that readers love about the novels of Kate Atkinson is here—the inventiveness, the verbal felicity, the sharp observations on human nature, and the deeply satisfying emotional wallop.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWitty and wise, with subtle connections between the stories, \u003ci\u003eNormal Rules Don’t Apply\u003c\/i\u003e is a startling and funny feast for the imagination, stories with the depth and bite to create their own fully-formed worlds.KATE ATKINSON won the Whitbread (now Costa) Book of the Year prize with her first novel, \u003ci\u003eBehind the Scenes at the Museum\u003c\/i\u003e. Her 2013 novel \u003ci\u003eLife After Life\u003c\/i\u003e was shortlisted for the Women's Prize for Fiction and voted Book of the Year for the independent booksellers associations on both sides of the Atlantic. It also won the Costa Novel Award, as did her subsequent novel, \u003ci\u003eA God in Ruins\u003c\/i\u003e (2015), and was adapted into a critically acclaimed television series in 2022. Her bestselling novels featuring former detective Jackson Brodie became the BBC television series \u003ci\u003eCase Histories\u003c\/i\u003e, starring Jason Isaacs. She has written twelve groundbreaking, bestselling books and lives in Edinburgh, Scotland.","brand":"Random House Large Print","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46300209774821,"sku":"NP9780593793220","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780593793220.jpg?v=1742919138","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/normal-rules-dont-apply-isbn-9780593793220","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}