Normal Sucks How to Live, Learn, and Thrive, Outside the Lines
Normal Sucks: How to Live, Learn, and Thrive, Outside the Lines by Jonathan Mooney is a thought-provoking work published by St. Martin’s Publishing Group on December 29, 2020. This 256-page book presents a blend of personal anecdotes and insights, focusing on the author’s experiences as a neuro-diverse individual diagnosed with dyslexia and ADHD. Mooney challenges conventional notions of normalcy, arguing that the limitations imposed by societal expectations can be detrimental to both children and adults.
In this book, readers will find a mix of humor and candid reflections as Mooney shares lessons learned from his journey and interactions with parents, educators, and researchers. He emphasizes the importance of acceptance and empowerment, advocating for a shift in how we perceive diversity and disability. Through his narrative, Mooney aims to inspire a rethinking of educational and social systems, positioning this work as both a survival guide and a call to action for those navigating the complexities of learning differences.
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Confessional and often hilarious, in Normal Sucks a neuro-diverse writer, advocate, and father offers a radical message of acceptance and empowerment.
Jonathan Mooney blends anecdote, expertise, and memoir to present a new mode of thinking about how we live and learn. As a neuro-diverse kid diagnosed with dyslexia and ADHD who didn’t learn to read until he was twelve, the realization that he wasn’t the problem—the system and the concept of normal were—saved Mooney’s life. Here, he explores the toll that our narrow conception of normal takes on kids and adults both. But, he argues, if we can reorient the ways in which we think about diversity and disability, we can start a revolution.
Mooney has been inspiring audiences with his story for nearly two decades. Now he’s ready to share what he’s learned from parents, educators, researchers, and kids in a book that is both a survival guide and a call to action. Whip-smart and inspiring—and movingly framed as a letter to his own young sons—this book will upend what we call normal and empower us all.
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