Am I Normal Yet
Am I Normal Yet? (Novel)[edit]
Written by the Author Holly Bourne Am I Normal Yet? is a love story novel that explores mental health, friendship and feminism within young teenage girls.[1] Am i Normal Yet recounts the experiences of a teenage girl named Evie who is diagnosed with OCD and a General Anxiety Disorder that falls in love with a man named John Kevin Buenaventura. She has just started College and wants to be seen as 'normal'. As she gains more friends and grows closer to more people she struggles to keep her OCD under control. It is a book which can relate to many teenage girls worldwide and the mental issues they face. The novel was one of the 2016 World Book Night titles,[2] as well as winning Lancashire Book of the Year award in the same year. Am I Normal Yet is the first of 'The Spinster book series by Bourne, followed by How Hard Can Love Be, What's A Girl Gotta Do? and And A Happy New Year?.
Overview[edit]
Evie wants to be a normal girl by suppressing her illness. She's almost off her meds when she starts going to parties and events that enable her illness to reappear. She enters into a world of struggles linking to relationships with teenage boys. Establishing a 'spinster club'[3] with her two friends Lottie and Amber gives Evie a new way to concentrate on life and a way to let out her anger. What follows is a date with a boy, which goes awfully when she refuses to sleep with him and leads to an increase of her worries. Leading to Evie struggling to admit to her friends what is wrong with her.
Feminist Readings[edit]
Am I Normal Yet has constant themes of female friendship and feminism throughout. There is a real sense of sisterhood between Evie and her friends, Lottie and Amber.[4] They meet up to talk about the portrayal of women in films and misogynistic language. Representing three teenage girls who are aware of how disappointing and tangled society is.[5] Bourne identifies herself as a feminist and wrote a piece in 2017 explaining her reasons and why feminism is important to her.[6]
References[edit]
- ↑ The Guardian, Am i Normal Yet? (2015)<https://www.theguardian.com/childrens-books-site/2015/sep/16/am-i-normal-yet-holly-bourne-review> [accessed 10 June 2020]
- ↑ "Lancashire Book of the Year Award 2016". European Union News. [Accessed 8 June 2020].
- ↑ BookTrust, Am i Normal Yet? <https://www.booktrust.org.uk/book/a/am-i-normal-yet/> [accessed 10 June 2020]
- ↑ Harrington, Lorna, Am i Normal Yet? By Holly Bourne (2017) <https://feministlibrary.co.uk/am-i-normal-yet/> [accessed 5 June 2020].
- ↑ The Guardian, Am i Normal Yet? (2015)<https://www.theguardian.com/childrens-books-site/2015/sep/16/am-i-normal-yet-holly-bourne-review> [accessed 10 June 2020]
- ↑ Bourne, Holly, I am a Feminist (2017) <https://hollybourneauthor.tumblr.com/post/148091076807/i-am-a-feminist> [accessed 10 June 2020].
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