House Mother Normal (subtitle – "A Geriatric Comedy") is a novel by the experimental writer B. S. Johnson.
It follows part of a typical day for a group of elderly people, both male and female.
Their thoughts, memories and opinions of each other and the House Mother (head matron) are explored as they go about their activities, which include: dining, singing, making items for the House Mother to sell on the black market, playing pass-the-parcel, exercising and participating in wheelchair jousts at the House Mother's instruction.
Johnson provides each character with a mixture of dialogue and interior monologue to express their personalities during the course of their section.
The thoughts of the final two residents demonstrate that they are almost completely senile, although rare moments of lucidity briefly shine through, to powerful dramatic effect.