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Jason Ramshaw

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Jason Ramshaw is the author of A Perfectly Normal Childhood (and Other Lies I Tell Myself), Book One of the Still Noticing series.

His work blends literary humor, personal essay, anxiety, memory, and dry Midwestern observation into stories about childhood, family logic, school rules, awkward adults, church basements, neighborhood politics, and the absurd things everyone somehow agreed to call normal.

The Still Noticing series is built around one central idea: childhood was not random — it was training. Not official training, obviously. Nobody handed out a binder. But every weird rule, strange adult performance, school assembly, family argument, and social humiliation taught something.

Jason writes for readers who grew up quietly wondering, “Wa
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What I Learned (Nothing, Bu...

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I recently read Jason Ramshaw’s memoir, "A Perfectly Normal Childhood (and Other Lies I Tell Myself)," and I absolutely loved it. The book is a collection of 33 funny, honest stories that show what it was like growing up as a self-described "weird" k" Read more of this review »
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" Lori — thank you for such a thoughtful and generous review.

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“For everyone who grew up thinking they were the only weird one. You weren’t.”
― Jason Ramshaw

“For everyone who grew up thinking they were the only weird one. You weren’t.”
― Jason Ramshaw

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