Norma

Paperback Published on: 05/04/2018
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Synopsis

The hair-raising mash-up of feminist X-Men, gothic fairy tale, family saga and biting social criticism that is taking Europe by storm.

When Anita Naakka jumps in front of an oncoming train, her daughter, Norma, is left alone with the secret they have spent their lives hiding: Norma has supernatural hair, sensitive to the slightest changes in her mood--and the moods of those around her--moving of its own accord, corkscrewing when danger is near. And so it is her hair that alerts her, while she talks with a strange man at her mother's funeral, that her mother may not have taken her own life. Setting out to reconstruct Anita's final months--sifting through puzzling cell phone records, bank statements, video files--Norma begins to realise that her mother knew more about her hair's powers than she let on: a sinister truth beyond Norma's imagining.

Publisher information

  • Publisher: Atlantic Books
  • ISBN: 9781782399780
  • Number of pages: 320
  • Dimensions: 199 x 129 x 24 mm
  • Languages: English

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Norma
Snip, Snip, Snip
I'm not really sure if I enjoyed this book or not to be perfectly honest. It is a strange amalgam of crime thriller and supernatural and I am no... READ MORE
Marjorie Odonnell
Norma
Some characters aren't well developed
Bestselling Finish-Estonian author Sofi Oksanen's latest novel draws on strong feminist themes throughout, but leaves some characters underdevelo... READ MORE
LAURA CLARKE
Norma
Easy to read yet surreal story
Norma has magical hair. It grows metres each day, can detect illness and can read the moods of people around her. But she is no Rapunzel. Her hair is her s... READ MORE
Janet E
Norma
Bad Hair Day
My knowledge of Finnish writers, prior to reading this book, extended no further than Tove Jansson who I believe wrote in Swedish anyway! So this was very ... READ MORE
shizz
Norma
Surreal
If I'm honest, I didn't really understand what was happening in this book, even at the end it was still vague. I think in part this has to do with the tran... READ MORE
Abigail Rudge