by Winterson, Jeanette, 1959-
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.
Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal? / Feature / Times
Feature: Times 2012 Christmas books Books of the Year - writers (and rockers) on their books of the year
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Why be happy when you could be normal? / Feature / Times Literary Supplement / Friday / 30 Nov 2012
Headline:Books of the Year
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Why be happy when you could be normal? / Feature / "Herald, Scotland" / Saturday / 24 Nov 2012
Headline: Herald Scotland Books of the Year 2012
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Why be happy when you could be normal? / Feature / "Herald, Scotland" / Saturday / 24 Nov 2012
Headline: Herald Scotland Books of the Year 2012
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Why be happy when you could be normal? / Feature / "Herald, Scotland" / Saturday / 28 Jul 2012
Headline:Is the defining novel a gift or a curse?
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Why be happy when you could be normal? / Interview / Times / Saturday / 30 Jun 2012
Interview: Behind the book
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Why be happy when you could be normal? / Feature / Times / Saturday / 30 Jun 2012
Summer reading 2012 - Biography and Memoir
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Why be happy when you could be normal? / Feature / Independent / Saturday / 19 May 2012
Feature: The evolution of Emin - the one-time wild child of British art has a new show in her home town of Margate. Novelist Jeanette Winterson explains why she is 'extravagantly in love' with the drawings
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Why be happy when you could be normal? / Review / Scotsman / Saturday / 05 May 2012
She’s a connoisseur of stories; loves them and needs them. She tells stories to get a sense of identity, to counter the versions of other people. She’s combative. She says: “There are people who could never commit murder. I am not one of those people.” › Read full review
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Why be happy when you could be normal? / Review / Sunday Telegraph / Sunday / 29 Apr 2012
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Why be happy when you could be normal? / Review / Times / Saturday / 28 Apr 2012
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Why be happy when you could be normal? / Review / Financial Times / Saturday / 28 Apr 2012
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Why be happy when you could be normal? / Review / "Sunday Herald, Scotland" / Sunday / 22 Apr 2012
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Why be happy when you could be normal? / Column / Guardian / Thursday / 19 Apr 2012
Column: Suzanne Moore read
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Why be happy when you could be normal? / Review / Sunday Times / Sunday / 15 Apr 2012
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