Normal: A Lifetime of Disabilities, Addictions, and Diagnoses
Matthew SaundersWhat happens when survival becomes a full-time job-and normal is redefined every day?
In Normal: A Lifetime of Disabilities, Addictions, and Diagnoses, Matthew Saunders shares an unfiltered account of growing up in a family shaped by disability and addiction, navigating adulthood under the weight of chronic illness, and ultimately confronting a Stage IV cancer diagnosis.
With honesty, humility, and unexpected humor, Saunders reflects on marriage under pressure, parenting through uncertainty, and the quiet resilience required to keep moving forward when life refuses to cooperate. This is not just a story about illness-it is a story about perspective, faith that bends but doesn't break, and the fragile moments of normalcy that still surface even in the darkest seasons.
Raw, reflective, and deeply human, Normal is a reminder that strength is not found in avoiding hardship-but in facing it.
Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Beneath the Noise Publishing
Published: 02/01/2026
ISBN: 9798995094319
Pages: 240
Weight: 0.81lbs
Size: 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.69d