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A Normal Family

'I thought my family was complicated until I read Chrysta Bilton's wonderful memoir about the unique collection of irresistible characters in her life. Bilton has a big heart gentle wisdom keen eye and lovely wit. She's a gifted writer with an astonishing story to tell.' -David Sheff author of Beautiful Boy

'By turns hilarious wrenching and achingly tender... Bilton writes beautifully with sharp insight and a light touch about her harrowing astonishing journey into understanding her parents her (very) extended family and herself.' - Susan Orlean New York Times bestselling author of On Animals and Rin Tin Tin


For most of her life Chrysta Bilton was one member of a small if dysfunctional family of four. There was her sister Kaitlyn her hedonistic glamorous gay mum Debra and Jeffrey who Debra hand-picked in an LA hairdressers to be the father of her children. During Chrysta's unstable childhood Debra struggled to keep the family afloat and Jeffrey wandered in and out of their lives.

Then in her twenties Chrysta discovered that her father had secretly donated his sperm over 500 times - and that she had at least 35 other siblings.

A Normal Family is a captivating coming-of-age memoir about Chrysta's reckoning with the secrets both parents had carefully kept from her. Heartfelt warm and funny it's a story of embracing the family we have in all the forms we find it.

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  • Classification : Family & Relationships
  • Pub Date : JUL 14, 2022
  • Imprint : Monoray
  • Page Extent : 320
  • Binding : HB
  • ISBN : 9781913183134
  • Price : INR 1,399
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