Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal? by Jeanette Winterson

Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal? by Jeanette Winterson

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 a story of survival. This book is that story's the silent twin.

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 is poetic, emotive and beautiful * So Many Books So Little Time (blog) *
Incredibly moving and full of Winterson’s characteristic wit. * Elle *

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, non-fiction and screenplays. She is Professor of New Writing at the University of Manchester. She lives in the Cotswolds in a wood and in Spitalfields, London.

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ISBN 13	9780099556091
ISBN 10	009955609X
Title	Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal?
Author	Jeanette Winterson
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Vintage Publishing
Year published	2012-04-12
Number of pages	240
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