{"title":"E. R. Frank","description":"E. R. Frank is an author, psychotherapist, and social worker. A native of Richmond, Virginia, Frank attended Vassar College, Hunter Graduate School of Social Work, and New York's Institute for Contemporary Psychotherapy. She is the author of five novels:  Life Is Funny, Dime, America, Wrecked,  and Friction. She lives in New Jersey with her husband and two children.","products":[{"product_id":"life-is-funny-paperback","title":"Life Is Funny - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eFrom the outside, they're simply a group of urban teenagers. But from the inside, they're some of the most complex people you'll ever meet. There's Eric, fiercely protective of his brother Mickey-but he has a secret that holds together his past and future. Sonia, struggling to live the life of a good Muslim girl in a foreign America. Gingerbread and Keisha, who fall in love despite themselves. \u003ci\u003eLife Is Funny\u003c\/i\u003e strips away the defenses of one group of teenagers living today, right now-and shows their unbearably real lives. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"First novelist Frank breaks new ground with a realistic, lyrical novel about eleven teens in Brooklyn now . . . Their talk is painful, rough, sexy, funny, fearful, furious, gentle. Each chapter, each vignette within a chapter, builds to its own climax, and the stories weave together to surprise you.\" (\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e, starred review) \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"An astounding first effort.\" (\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e, pointer review)","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50503186088159,"sku":"9780142300831","price":14.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/ZqoeDI5rCd9780142300831.webp?v=1782741528"}],"url":"https:\/\/blackandbarhe.com\/collections\/e-r-frank.oembed","provider":"Black \u0026 Barhe Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}