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Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal?

Paperback • 2012 • English

Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal?

2 Ratings • 4.0 of 5

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About the book

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 a...Show more

Book details

ISBN

9780099556091

Publisher

Random House UK

Published year

2012

Language

English

Original title

Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal?

Format

Paperback

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2 Ratings • 4.0 of 5

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