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Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal?
Jeanette Winterson
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Description for Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal?
Paperback. Presents the story of an adopted child, and the thwarted giantess Mrs Winterson. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: BGLA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 135 x 15. Weight in Grams: 176.
The shocking, heart-breaking - and often very funny - true story behind Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit.
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 ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Vintage
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
Number of Pages
240
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780099556091
SKU
V9780099556091
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-98
About Jeanette Winterson
Jeanette Winterson CBE was born in Manchester. She published her first novel, Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit, at twenty-five. Over two decades later she revisited that material in her internationally bestselling memoir Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal?. Winterson has written thirteen novels for adults and two previous collections of short stories, as well as children's books, ... Read more
Reviews for Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal?
Unforgettable… It’s the best book I have ever read about the cost of growing up.
Daisy Goodwin
Sunday Times
A searingly felt and expressed autobiography…Funny and profoundly hopeful – a tale of survival
Kate Hamer
Metro
This book is good, sensible, beautiful company… Try this
A.L. Kennedy
Week
Jeanette Winterson’s writing ... Read more
Daisy Goodwin
Sunday Times
A searingly felt and expressed autobiography…Funny and profoundly hopeful – a tale of survival
Kate Hamer
Metro
This book is good, sensible, beautiful company… Try this
A.L. Kennedy
Week
Jeanette Winterson’s writing ... Read more