"Longtime High Point Academy teacher Norma Richman, a lifelong Sierra
Madrean and Pasadenan, just published her first novel, 'Galilea, Galilea,' about a
physicist so-named who sometimes goes by Lee - ʻcause itʼs easier. Fewer
annoying questions. Lee canʼt, or wonʼt, get a job at Caltech, and instead teaches
physics up the street at PCC, where our boozy, fashionista heroine is actually
probably happier than she would be competing with wannabe Feynmans. Though
itʼs got plenty of science, none of it is impenetrable, and because Lee turns into a
forensic investigator, it becomes a cool, cocktail-swilling romp from the Tap Room
at the Huntington Hotel to the 1886 at the Raymond to a cult in the Santa Ynez
Valley vineyards. Itʼs a comedy as well as a mystery, and thoroughly modern: I love
the speech bubbles she uses to indicate texting exchanges, and the funny ways
"G,G" makes science simple: "Matter: Stuff. The material that makes up
something." A really fun Pasadena read." -Pasadena Star-News
"Outrageous, funny, intellectually stimulating, fashionable with a bit of sexual innuendo-Galilea, Galilea is a delight and combines the worlds of science and mystery in unlikely capers around Southern California. Norma Richman nailed it!"-Laura Raulinaitis, Financial Advisor
"Norma Richman's writing is whimsical and informative at the same time. She humorously shares tidbits about the Pasadena area from the perspective of well-developed, funny people. It's delightful reading!"-Deb Snyder, actor and writer