A Nearly Normal Family

New York Times Book Review recommends M.T. EdvardssonΓÇÖs A Nearly Normal Family and lauds it as a ΓÇ£page-turnerΓÇ¥ that forces the reader to confront ΓÇ£the compromises we make with ourselves to be the people we believe our beloveds expect.ΓÇ¥ (NYTimes Book Review Summer Reading Issue) M.T. EdvardssonΓÇÖs 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 lifeΓÇöand 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 businessmanlet alone to kill him? StellaΓÇÖs fathera pastorand mothera criminal defense attorneyfind their moral compasses tested as they defend their daughterwhile struggling to understand why she is a suspect. Told in an unusual three-part structureA Nearly Normal Family asks the questions: How well do you know your own children? How far would you go to protect them?