THE USUAL RULES follows the story of Wendy, who lives with her mother, stepfather, and little brother in Brooklyn. Her world is transformed in a single terrible instant, one day in September 2001: Her mother goes to work that morning. She doesn't come back Through the eyes of the thirteen-year-old, readers follow Wendy's slow and terrible realisation that her mother has died, and the family's struggle to move forward with their lives.
- ISBN10 1429977574
- ISBN13 9781429977579
- Publish Date 18 February 2004 (first published 1 February 2003)
- Publish Status Active
- Imprint St. Martin's Press
- Format eBook
- Pages 400
- Language English