{"product_id":"9781846976919","title":"Atypical Girl: Punk rock, Liverpool, and trying to be normal","description":"\u003cb\u003ePunk’s Liverpool origins shape Penny Kiley’s lifelong quest for identity through music and misfit resilience.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt’s 1977, and punk rock has just hit Liverpool. The legendary Eric's club is home to the city's rebels, posers and misfits. It’s a place of attitude, adventure and new possibilities, and it changes lives. Some become pop stars; Penny Kiley becomes a music journalist.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe story traces Penny's relationship with the music scene from the turbulent political 1980s into the changing culture of the 21st century. Throughout these years, she never stops being a misfit, and the question remains: how do you navigate normal life when punk is dead and you don't know you're autistic?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAtypical Girl begins as a coming-of-age story and ends as a midlife reinvention. What unites them is a search for identity and the role that music plays in all our lives.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e*\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFeaturing encounters with Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark, Echo \u0026amp; The Bunnymen, The Teardrop Explodes, Paul McCartney, The Cramps, Jonathan Richman, Tracey Thorn and more.","brand":"Birlinn, Limited","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46735276835057,"sku":"9781846976919","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0674\/5433\/7265\/files\/9781846976919_p0.jpg?v=1766594834","url":"https:\/\/shop.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781846976919","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble","version":"1.0","type":"link"}