Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal?
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| Rating | : | 4.53 (647 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0802120873 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 240 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-08-14 |
| Language | : | English |
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—Parul Sehgal . Aiming for narrative tidiness tends to dilute this memoir's delightfully unorthodox quality. But for the most part, this bullet of a book is charged with risk, dark mirth, and hard-won self-knowledge. From Bookforum In her new memoir, Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal?, Winterson returns to the source, her grim girlhood in a sooty English industrial town in the 1960s, to tell her story more forthrightly than she has before
In Why Be Happy,, Winterson's emotional life is laid bare in a bravely frank narrative of truly coming undone. For someone in love with disguises, Winterson's openness is all the more moving; there's nothing left to hide, and nothing left to hide behind."ElleJeanette Winterson’s bold and revelatory novels have earned her widespread acclaim, establishing her as a major figure in world literature. "Magnificent A tour de force of literature and love."Vogue"Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal? is raucous. 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
Stories are Compensatory Andre Gerard In the October 28th Guardian, Jeanette has an essay which retells the opening of Why Be Happy When You Could be Normal? The retelling is as riveting as the original. In essay and book, Winterson portrays herself as a survivor. Her childhood reads like the darker parts of some Grimms fairytale, even if her. Fascinating Story of Real Life and Love Terry R. Minion Ever run across a book and an author that just bends your mind? This is how I felt as soon as I started the audio unabridged version of this book, and so had to buy the paperback as well. It is read by the author and what a reading it is. I cannot remember when I have delighted in a book as much as I have. "Fascinating Foray Into a Life of a Woman Seeking Truth" according to blackbear. Not having been adopted myself, but often wishing that I had been, I've actually now been through the ups and downs of what it's like to wonder and discover both sides of the adoption picture.If you're curious at all about Jeanette's crazy, traumatized life, you need to read this enlightening story about