{"product_id":"life-is-funny-9780142300831","title":"Life Is Funny","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): E. R. Frank\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Puffin Books\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Puffin Books\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Social Themes - Emotions \u0026amp; Feelings\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom the outside, they're simply a group of urban teenagers. But from the inside, they're some of the most complex people you'll ever meet. There's Eric, fiercely protective of his brother Mickey-but he has a secret that holds together his past and future. Sonia, struggling to live the life of a good Muslim girl in a foreign America. Gingerbread and Keisha, who fall in love despite themselves. \u003ci\u003eLife Is Funny\u003c\/i\u003e strips away the defenses of one group of teenagers living today, right now-and shows their unbearably real lives. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"First novelist Frank breaks new ground with a realistic, lyrical novel about eleven teens in Brooklyn now . . . Their talk is painful, rough, sexy, funny, fearful, furious, gentle. Each chapter, each vignette within a chapter, builds to its own climax, and the stories weave together to surprise you.\" (\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e, starred review) \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"An astounding first effort.\" (\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e, pointer review)","brand":"Puffin Books","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45115383152791,"sku":"9780142300831","price":1024.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780142300831.webp?v=1767270613","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/life-is-funny-9780142300831","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}