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Growing up, Shawn Thornton's life was anything but normal - but, so was his mother. After waking from a coma carrying out a car crash, Beverly Thornton's once great and gentle disposition have been changed by violent feeling swings, profanity-laced tirades, and uncontrollable fits of rage. Inside the Thornton house, floors and counter tops were piled high with filthy laundry and garbage because Bev was unable to move well enough to clean. Meals were a Russian roulette of half-cooked meats, spoiled dairy, and foods well past their expiration times. An instant of frustration might prompt her to hurl a knife at Shawn; his sibling, Troy; or their daddy or even to vehemently cuss them out, only to showering them with love and devotion moments later, as though nothing had took place. And God help the family kitten! On several situations Bev even tried out to jump from the car on the road while Shawn and his sibling battled to keep her inside. Yet this same girl was also a committed Bible reader, Weekend school tutor, and good friend to older people, poor, and marginalized wherever she gone. How the same woman could be a saint about a minute and a problem another was a constant source of frustration for the family. The other day, after decades of embarrassing outbursts, a surprise finding finally helped the Thornton family come to grips with Bev's strange condition and bring Shawn to a startling realization that changed the span of his life permanently. A heartwarming coming-of-age story, All but Normal is a robust reminder that sometimes the "broken" people in our lives will be the ones who need correcting the least.
