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Jeanette Winterson - Why Be Happy When You Can Be Normal? (2nd Hand Paperback)
Synopsis
One of The Guardians 100 Best Books of the 21st Century.
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 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.
Details
- Format : Standard 2nd Hand Paperback
- Condition : As New
- Category : Non-Fiction - Autobiography & Biography
- Published : 2012 (Vintage)
- ISBN : 9780099556091
- SKU : B003359
- PPC : LL300gm
- RRP : £9.99
- Quantity Available : 1 only.
External Reviews
‘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." - A.L. Kennedy.
"Jeanette Winterson’s writing is poetic, emotive and beautiful." - So Many Books So Little Time.
"Incredibly moving and full of Winterson’s characteristic wit." - Elle.
"A memoir of a childhood shot through with fire-and-brimstone parenting, resilience and survival. The disturbing portrait of her adoptive mother is balanced by Winterson’s crisp wit." - Juliet Nicolson, The Week.
"Jeanette Winterson is a uniquely brilliant writer. She has such a mischievous sense of humour." - Amelia Abraham.
"At one point I was crying so much I had tears in my ears. There is much here that is impressive, but what I find most unusual about it is the way it deepens one's sympathy, for everyone involved." - Zoe Williams, The Guardian.
The Author
Jeanette Winterson, OBE (born 27 August 1959) is an award-winning English writer, who became famous with her first book, Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit, a semi-autobiographical novel about a sensitive teenage girl rebelling against conventional values. Some of her other novels have explored gender polarities and sexual identity. Winterson is also a broadcaster and a professor of creative writing.