A
triumphant and touching debut about the unlikeliest superstar you’ll ever meet.
Twelve-year-old Norman Foreman and his best friend, Jax, are a legendary
comedic duo in waiting, with a plan to take their act all the way to the
Edinburgh Fringe. But when Jax dies, Norman decides the only fitting tribute is
to perform at the festival himself. The problem is, Norman’s not the funny one.
Jax was.
There’s also another, far more colossal objective on Norman’s new plan that his
single mom, Sadie, wasn’t ready for: he wants to find the father he’s never
known. Determined to put a smile back on her boy’s face, Sadie resolves to face
up to her own messy past, get Norman to the Fringe and help track down a man
whose identity is a mystery, even to her.
Julietta Henderson’s delightfully funny and tender debut takes us on a road
trip with a mother and son who will live in the reader’s heart for a long time
to come, and teaches us that—no matter the odds—we must always reach for the
stars.
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Ruthie
– ☆☆☆☆
4.5 stars of poignant writing
This is a book which I started at 6am in the morning and didn't stop until I
had finished it – it was a good thing I was on leave! I really did just read it
from cover to cover – even taking it with me whilst I grabbed some breakfast,
and waiting till I had done to get dressed. I say this just to warn you that
you will just get so involved that you may forget other responsibilities.
When thinking about how to review this book, I realise just how rich the story
is, and how much I know about the people that we meet along the journey to Edinburgh.
There are wonderful vignettes of incidents which lend themselves perfectly to
explaining what can happen when on a trip. But whilst the journey and arrival
is important, it is in the very first few pages that the scene is set to give
us cause to be concerned about how anyone on the front cover could suggest that
this will be a funny book – and yet it really is, in a rather English
understated, raconteur, or even observational comic way!
My absolutely favourite bit was when Norman's mum, Sadie, flicks through Jax's
texts to her, him being the cheeky kid that he was, and yet the one who knew
that reassuring her that Normie was safe was the right thing to do. But there
are many fabulous parts to this clever, funny, and immensely readable book – I hope
you enjoy it as much as I did.
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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Julietta
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Reviewers on the Wicked Reads Review Team were provided
a free copy of The Funny Thing About Norman Foreman by Julietta Henderson to
read and review.
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