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Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal?
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Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal? Paperback - 2013

by Winterson, Jeanette

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Winterson's bold and revelatory novels have earned her widespread acclaim, establishing her as a major figure in world literature. It is a book full of stories about how a painful past, which Winterson thought she had written over and repainted, rose to haunt her later in life, sending her on a journey into madness and out again, in search of her biological mother.

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Grove/Atlantic, Incorporated. Used - Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.
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  • Title Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal?
  • Author Winterson, Jeanette
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition Reprint
  • Condition Used - Good
  • Pages 240
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Grove/Atlantic, Incorporated, New York, NY
  • Date 2013-03-12
  • Features Table of Contents
  • Bookseller's Inventory # 5543844-20
  • ISBN 9780802120878 / 0802120873
  • Weight 0.65 lbs (0.29 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.1 x 5.5 x 0.9 in (20.57 x 13.97 x 2.29 cm)
  • Themes
    • Sex & Gender: Feminine
    • Sex & Gender: Lesbian
    • Topical: Lgbt
  • Library of Congress subjects Mothers and daughters, England
  • Dewey Decimal Code B

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  • Library Journal, 03/01/2014, Page 48
  • New York Times Book Review, 04/28/2013, Page 28

About the author

Born in Manchester in 1959 and adopted into a firmly religious family, JEANETTE WINTERSON put herself through higher education and studied at Oxford University. She is the author of numerous novels, including Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit, Sexing the Cherry, and The Passion. Winterson lives in Gloucestershire, UK.

Visit her website at jeanettewinterson.com