{"product_id":"why-be-happy-when-you-could-be-normal-jeanette-winterson-paperback","title":"Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal? -- Jeanette Winterson, Paperback","description":"\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA New York Times bestseller: The \"magnificent\" memoir by one of the bravest and most original writers of our time--\"A tour de force of literature and love\" (\u003ci\u003eVogue\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOne of the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e' \"50 Best Memoirs of the Past 50 Years\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eJeanette Winterson's bold and revelatory novels have established her as a major figure in world literature. Her internationally best-selling debut, \u003ci\u003eOranges Are Not the Only Fruit\u003c\/i\u003e, tells the story of a young girl adopted by Pentecostal parents, and has become a staple of required reading in contemporary fiction classes.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eWhy Be Happy When You Could Be Normal?\u003c\/i\u003e is a \"singular and electric\" memoir about a life's work to find happiness (\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e). It is a book full of stories: about a girl locked out of her home, sitting on the doorstep all night; about a religious zealot disguised as a mother who has two sets of false teeth and a revolver in the dresser, waiting for Armageddon; about growing up in a north England industrial town now changed beyond recognition; about the universe as a cosmic dustbin. It is the story of how a painful past, rose to haunt the author later in life, sending her on a journey into madness and out again, in search of her biological mother. It is also a book about the power of literature, showing how fiction and poetry can form a string of guiding lights, or a life raft that supports us when we are sinking.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWitty, acute, fierce, and celebratory, \u003ci\u003eWhy Be Happy When You Could Be Normal?\u003c\/i\u003e is a tough-minded story of the search for belonging--for love, identity, home, and a mother.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Jeanette Winterson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e Grove Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublished:\u003c\/strong\u003e 3\/12\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 240\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/strong\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWeight:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0 lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSize:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0\" H x 0\" L x 0\" W\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 9780802120878\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Flowerburst","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50578917065008,"sku":"9780802120878","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2712\/8368\/files\/9780802120878.jpg?v=1774753505","url":"https:\/\/flowerburst.co\/products\/why-be-happy-when-you-could-be-normal-jeanette-winterson-paperback","provider":"Flowerburst","version":"1.0","type":"link"}