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02023aam a2200289 4500 001 3E459400B50611EEB233F11920ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20240117010048 020 $a 0778311864 020 $a 9780778311867 040 $d SILO 100 $a Henderson, Julietta 245 $a The Funny Thing About Norman Foreman $h Paperback 250 $a First 264 1 $a Toronto $b Mira Books $c 2022 300 $a 373 Pages 500 $a "Charming, warm and uplifting...there is so much to love about this book." Laurie Frankel, New York Times bestselling author of This is How It Always Is 520 $a A triumphant and touching debut about the unlikeliest superstar you ll ever meet. 520 $a 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. 520 $a 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. 520 $a 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. 650 $a Fiction $x FICTION / Humorous / General $y FICTION / Coming of Age $z FICTION / Women 600 $a British & Irish Humor & Satire $x Comedic Dramas & Plays $y Mothers & Children Fiction 008 s2022 941 $a 1 952 $l EYPC755 $d 20240117011705.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=3E459400B50611EEB233F11920ECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search