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The Funny Thing About Norman Foreman
Julietta Henderson
On Sale Date: April 13, 2021
9780778331957, 0778331954
Hardcover
$25.99 USD, $32.50 CAD
Fiction / Humorous / Coming of Age
400 pages
About the Book:
Little Miss Sunshine meets Wonder in this delightfully charming, uplifting book club debut about a twelve-year-old would-be comedian who travels across the country to honor his dead best friend’s dream of performing in the Edinburgh Festival Fringe—the only problem being that his friend was the funny one of their duo.
Twelve-year-old would-be comedian Norman has got a lot going on, including a chronic case of psoriasis, a distinct lack of comic timing and a dead best friend. All his life it’s just been him, his single mum Sadie, and Jax, the ‘funny one’ of their comedy duo. So when Jax dies not only is Norman devastated, it’s also the end of the boys’ Five Year Plan to take their comedy act to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe when they turned fifteen.
But Norman decides to honor Jax by performing at the Fringe, on his own. And not when he’s fifteen—but rather in four weeks’ time. But there’s another, far more colossal objective on Norman’s plan that Sadie wasn’t quite ready for: Norman wants to find his father. Eager to do anything that might put a smile on her boy’s face, Sadie resolves to face up to her own messy past and track down the father who doesn’t even know Norman exists, and whose identity Sadie herself isn’t quite sure of.
Thus begins a road trip from Cornwall to Scotland, featuring a mother and son who will live in the reader’s heart for a long time to come.
About the Author:
Julietta Henderson is a full-time writer and comedy fan who splits her time between her home country of Australia and the UK. The Funny Thing about Norman Foreman is Julietta’s first novel.
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The Funny Thing About Norman Foreman by Julietta HendersonMy rating: 4 of 5 stars
4 stars!
What a fascinating and heartfelt book! It was much longer than I expected but near the end, I felt like it wasn’t long enough! The ending chapters felt very rushed and major plot points were brushed over. I wished the author had spread out the ending of the story more and had less filler in the beginning.
I found Sadie to be one of the most relatable and genuine characters I’ve read in a really long time. My heart ached for her. She was doing the best she could to navigate life as single mother, no support system or family, raising a teenager who’d just suffered a traumatic loss.
I quite liked the fact that this book was written as a dual POV. The wildly diverse viewpoints of Norman and Sadie brought more detail to the story. The genuine relationship between the mother and young son was some of my favorite parts of the book. Their connection and dependency on each other was unbreakable, even in a time of unfathomable grief.
Adored the end of the book. Was rooting for Norman the entire time and loved how he finally found his footing right before The Fringe.
The side characters absolutely made this book. From the eccentric old man, to the burley poet, to the motor-scootering potential DNA donator. So many unique personalities that each brought something valuable to the story. And when they all came together for one common goal, my heart sang. Norman was surrounded by so many people who cared about him and wanted to see him thrive. They may not have been family by blood but many of them turned out to be family by choice.
One thing I thoroughly enjoy about books written in the setting of a foreign country is all of the local lingo that authors include. This book had so many witty come backs and hilarious one liners that wouldn’t have come across nearly as humorous to me, if it’d been set in the US. I also had the most fun trying to translate what James and his crew were saying because of their Irish slang. The author had me chuckling throughout the entire read. Especially with Jax’s smart mouth.
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