{"product_id":"atypical-girl-punk-rock-liverpool-and-trying-to-be-normal-9781846976919","title":"Atypical Girl: Punk Rock, Liverpool, and Trying to Be Normal","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Penny Kiley\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Polygon\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Polygon\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Genres \u0026amp; Styles - Punk\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt's 1977, and punk rock has just hit Liverpool. The legendary Eric's club is home to the city's rebels, posers and misfits. It's a place of attitude, adventure and new possibilities, and it changes lives. Some become pop stars; Penny Kiley becomes a music journalist.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe story traces Penny's relationship with the music scene from the turbulent political 1980s into the changing culture of the 21st century. Throughout these years, she never stops being a misfit, and the question remains: how do you navigate normal life when punk is dead and you don't know you're autistic?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAtypical Girl begins as a coming-of-age story and ends as a midlife reinvention. What unites them is a search for identity and the role that music plays in all our lives.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e*\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFeaturing encounters with Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark, Echo \u0026amp; The Bunnymen, The Teardrop Explodes, Paul McCartney, The Cramps, Jonathan Richman, Tracey Thorn and more.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Polygon","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47564863963287,"sku":"9781846976919","price":1264.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781846976919.webp?v=1774695057","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/atypical-girl-punk-rock-liverpool-and-trying-to-be-normal-9781846976919","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}