The Norman and Phyllis Show

The Norman and Phyllis Show is a memoir about my parents. It's a humor book about my eccentric Jewish family in Chicago.

Norman and Phyllis were my parents and, well, they were crazy. Growing up with them was like being on The Norman and Phyllis Show, a bad sitcom the producers forgot to cancel.

They were the uncrowned royalty of the Chicago restaurant scene, where Norman taught Mexican waiters broken Yiddish and was a member of The Golden Tipper's Club. They had to go to restaurants. Phylli...