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The Funny Thing About Norman Foreman by Julietta Henderson

The Funny Thing About Norman Foreman

A Novel

by Julietta Henderson
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  • First Published:
  • Apr 13, 2021, 416 pages
  • Paperback:
  • Mar 2022, 416 pages
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  • Peggy A. (Fairfax, VA)
    The Funny Thing About Norman Foreman
    Norman Foreman is the 12 year old son of Sadie. He and his best friend Jax are working on a comedy act to participate in the yearly talent show Edinburgh Festival Fringe. Jax dies and Norman decides to take the act to the Festival on his own.

    Sadie doesn't know who is Norman's father. Norman, Sadie and an elderly friend, Leonard, decide to search for his father while traveling to Edinburgh.

    They have many adventures and mishaps during the trip. Norman gets a slot in the Festival, Sadie meets several men from her past and Leonard learns to cope with his wife's dementia.

    In my opinion, I think young teenagers might enjoy this book more than I did.
  • Cynthia V. (New York, NY)
    Not Quite Charming Enough
    This novel began in a promisingly refreshing style, which is easy, breezy, chatty and natural. However, I found that as it progressed, it wore thin. It was written on the same level throughout which grew tiresome. As a result I never found myself empathizing with the main character of the mother. With a book such as this it is necessary to at least feel for the character, flawed as she may be...the way you would in a JoJo Moyes novel. I was hoping for more character development. By the time the book was ending with a long, screwball comedy type scene, I had given up expecting more. You know from the get go that there will be a happy ending, but the way there was disappointing and quite predictable.

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