Waiting for Normal, Leslie Connor
Waiting for Normal, Leslie Connor
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Waiting for Normal

Author: Leslie Connor

Narrator: Angela Jayne Rogers

Unabridged: 6 hr 39 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 09/19/2008


Synopsis

Author of the award-winning Miss Bridie Chose a Shovel, Leslie Connor has also won great acclaim for Waiting for Normal. Addie's life has always been all or nothing. And now that Dwight and mommers are divorced, Addie's stuck in a tiny trailer on a Schenectady corner with a mom who's rarely there. Finding friendship at the gas station across the street, Addie clings to the ever- dimming possibility that one day she'll have a normal, happy home. "Connor has created a winning and positive father-figure/daughter relationship."-School Library Journal, starred review

About Leslie Connor

Leslie Connor is the author of several award-winning books for children, including two ALA Schneider Family Book Award winners, Waiting for Normal and The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle, which was also selected as a National Book Award finalist. Her other books include All Rise for the Honorable Perry T. Cook, Crunch, and The Things You Kiss Goodbye. She lives in the Connecticut woods with her family and three rescue dogs. You can visit her online at www.leslieconnor.com.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Betsy

Once in a while a reviewer of children’s books likes to sit down and reassess their occupation. Here I am. I am an adult and I review books for kids. And most of the time I really enjoy it. I just have a fabulous time reading all these children’s books and then spouting off opinions about why you sh......more

Goodreads review by Rana

تو شهرکتاب تمومش کردم. نشسته بودم و همینطوری اشکام می‌ریخت پایین، اول مثل بارون که قطره قطره میاد، روی شلوارم نقطه نقطه خیس شد، و بعد یه تیکه :))) واقعا احساساتم رو به غلیان درآورد.........more

Goodreads review by Elina

1401/4/23 بعد از مدت‌ها یه کتاب باعث شد گریه کنم🥺❤......more

Goodreads review by Elle

Sometimes books come along that hit us in that specific way, where we end the book feeling run over by a train. This book is that for me. I don't know if it's objectively the best book ever written, and I don't care either. Addie lives with her neglectful mother in a trailer by the train tracks. Her......more