Why be happy when you could be normal

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Magnificent . . . A tour de force of literature and love. --Vogue Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal? is raucous. It hums with a dark refulgence from its first pages. . . . Singular and electric . . . [Winterson's] life with her adoptive parents was often appalling, but it made her the writer she is. --The New York Times [Winterson is] one of the most daring and inventive writers of our time--searingly honest yet effortlessly lithe as she slides between forms, exuberant and unerring, demanding emotional and intellectual expansion of herself and of us. . . . 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. --Elle Jeanette Winterson's bold and revelatory novels have earned her widespread acclaim, establishing her as a major figure in world literature. She has written some of the most admired books of the past few decades, including her internationally best-selling first novel, Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit, the story of a young girl adopted by Pentecostal parents, that is now often required reading in contemporary fiction classes. Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal? is a memoir about a life's work to find happiness. 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, which Winterson thought she had written over and repainted, rose to haunt her 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 other people's literature, one that shows how fiction and poetry can form a string of guiding lights, a life raft that supports us when we are sinking. Witty, acute, fierce, and celebratory, Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal? is a tough-minded search for belonging--for love, identity, home, and a mother.

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Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal

Rating: 4.5 / 5
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The shocking heart breaking and often very funny true story behind oranges are not the only fruit in 1985 jeanette winterson s first novel oranges are not the only fruit was published it was a story of survival this book is that story s the silent twin the shocking heart breaking and oft Op voorraad. Voor 23:59 uur besteld, dinsdag in huis .. MEER INFO

Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal?

Rating: 4.5 / 5 | Prijs: € 39.95

The author of the best selling oranges are not the only fruit traces her life long search for happiness as the adopted daughter of pentecostal parents who raised her in a north england industrial town through practices of fierce control and paranoia an experience that prompted her to search for her 6 dagen .. MEER INFO

Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal?

Rating: 4.5 / 5 | Prijs: € 9.49

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 stor Direct beschikbaar .. MEER INFO

Taal: en

Bindwijze: Paperback

Oorspronkelijke releasedatum: 12 maart 2013

Aantal pagina's: 236

Illustraties: Nee

Hoofdauteur: Jeanette Winterson

Hoofduitgeverij: GROVE/ATLANTIC INC

Extra groot lettertype: Nee

Product breedte: 140 mm

Product hoogte: 23 mm

Product lengte: 206 mm

Studieboek: Nee

Verpakking breedte: 139 mm

Verpakking hoogte: 20 mm

Verpakking lengte: 207 mm

Verpakkingsgewicht: 479 g

EAN: 9780802120878

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