{"product_id":"i-wouldnt-normally-do-this-marshall-moore-9781608641611","title":"I Wouldn't Normally Do This Kind of Thing","description":"\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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Marshall Moore\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1608641619\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781608641611\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Rebel Satori Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/01\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 278\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.78lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.63d","brand":"Marshall Moore","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44071070466303,"sku":"9781608641611","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_9bb11802-eff9-4d18-b12a-936712c71026.jpg?v=1685433979","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/i-wouldnt-normally-do-this-marshall-moore-9781608641611","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}