Why be Happy When You Could be Normal? (Vintage books) (Paperback)
Short Description for Why be Happy When You Could be Normal? Presents the story of an adopted child, and the thwarted giantess Mrs Winterson.
Full description- Publisher: VINTAGE
- Published: 04 December 2012
- Format: Paperback 240 pages
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- Categories: Biography: Literary | Autobiography: Literary | Memoirs | Lesbian Studies
- ISBN 13: 9780099556091 ISBN 10: 009955609X
- Sales rank: 1,000
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Full description for Why be Happy When You Could be Normal?
In 1985 Jeanette Winterson's first novel, "Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit", was published. It was Jeanette's version of the story of a terraced house in Accrington, an adopted child, and the thwarted giantess Mrs Winterson. It was a cover story, a painful past written over and repainted. It was a story of survival. This book is that story's the silent twin. It is full of hurt and humour and a fierce love of life. It is about the pursuit of happiness, about lessons in love, the search for a mother and a journey into madness and out again. It is generous, honest and true.
