A Nearly Normal Family

A Nearly Normal Family

A Nearly Normal Family

A Nearly Normal Family

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Overview

“M. T. Edvardsson has written a deceptive and riveting novel. A Nearly Normal Family will make you question everything you know about those closest to you.”
—Karin Slaughter, Author of 18 international bestsellers

"In all the twists and turns of this year's thrillers, it turns out the most unreliable of narrators are normal parents."
—Gregg Winsor, Johnson County Library

M.T. Edvardsson’s A Nearly Normal Family is a gripping legal thriller that forces the reader to consider: How far would you go to protect the ones you love? In this twisted narrative of love and murder, a horrific crime makes a seemingly normal family question everything they thought they knew about their life—and one another.

Eighteen-year-old Stella Sandell stands accused of the brutal murder of a man almost fifteen years her senior. She is an ordinary teenager from an upstanding local family. What reason could she have to know a shady businessman, let alone to kill him?

Stella’s father, a pastor, and mother, a criminal defense attorney, find their moral compasses tested as they defend their daughter, while struggling to understand why she is a suspect. Told in an unusual three-part structure, A Nearly Normal Family asks the questions: How well do you know your own children? How far would you go to protect them?


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781250204424
Publisher: Celadon Books
Publication date: 06/25/2019
Sold by: Macmillan
Format: eBook
Pages: 400
Sales rank: 67,216
File size: 4 MB

About the Author

M. T. Edvardsson is an author and teacher from Trelleborg, Sweden. He is the author of multiple novels. A Nearly Normal Family is his first published in the United States. He lives with his family in Löddeköpinge, Sweden.
M. T. Edvardsson is an author and teacher from Trelleborg, Sweden. He is the author of multiple novels and books for young readers in Sweden. A Nearly Normal Family is his first novel published in the United States. He lives with his family in Löddeköpinge, Sweden.

Reading Group Guide

Whose point of view did you enjoy reading the most, and why?

Do you think a parent would read this book differently than someone who doesn’t have a child?

What do you consider a normal family?

Do you think Ulrika had her daughter’s best interests at heart?

What was Adam’s greatest motivation: protecting his daughter, his family or his reputation?

How did you feel about Shirine and the books that she gives to Stella to read: The Bell Jar, The Catcher in the Rye, Crime and Punishment, and Thérèse Raquin.

Author M.T. Edvardsson is also a teacher. How do you think this affected his portrayal of Stella and Amina?

How did Ulrika’s relationship with Amina affect her relationship with Stella?

Discuss Stella and Amina’s friendship.

Have you had any friendships in your life that caused you to do something you regretted?

How did Stella’s time at church camp affect her relationship with her parents?

How far would you go for your child?

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