Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal (1532896)

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 and a journey into madness and out again. It is generous, honest and true. ISBN:9780099556091