{"product_id":"why-be-happy-when-you-could-be-normal-paperback","title":"Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal? - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJeanette Winterson\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\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\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOne of the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e' \"50 Best Memoirs of the Past 50 Years\"\u003c\/p\u003e\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\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\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\u003cbr\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBorn in Manchester in 1959 and adopted into a firmly religious family, \u003cb\u003eJEANETTE WINTERSON\u003c\/b\u003e put herself through higher education and studied at Oxford University. She is the author of numerous novels, including \u003ci\u003eOranges Are Not the Only Fruit\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSexing the Cherry\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Passion\u003c\/i\u003e. Winterson lives in Gloucestershire, UK.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eVisit her website at jeanettewinterson.com\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 240\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 8.1 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 12, 2013\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45676173656108,"sku":"9780802120878","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0728\/0954\/5772\/files\/I0yXS5zRT-9780802120878.webp?v=1781786017","url":"https:\/\/smartsupplydeals.com\/products\/why-be-happy-when-you-could-be-normal-paperback","provider":"Smart supply deals","version":"1.0","type":"link"}