num_pages: 210
description: Eight residents in a home for the elderly sit down to dinner, along with the House Mother herself, and each takes it in turn to relay the proceedings of the evening from their own, individual perspective. By virtue of the novel’s clever structure, the reader’s comprehension of events is limited so as to allow them a powerful experience: Johnson’s humorous yet deeply compassionate depiction of what it means to live life and grow old.
language: English
title: House Mother Normal
titlecomplete: House Mother Normal
genres: 20th Century, Novels, Literature, British Literature, Fiction, Contemporary, Humor
ratings_count: 481
publisher: New Directions Publishing Corporation