Sheppard Schulek has spent his entire life trying to find what it feels like to be Ònormal.Ó He lives with the difficulties of having an abusive father, celebrity mother, sexual abuse, and his struggles to find personal peace in a lifetime journey of travel and search. We follow SheppardÕs path through the university experience, to Mexico, Europe, Japan, entry in to his professional world, a first failed marriage to a coffee heiress, and finallyÑin the most unexpected wayÑhe finds his redemption.