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Memories of the author about her difficult childhood as the adopted daughter of an English mother with strong religious convictions, and her subsequent search for her biological mother. "In 1985 Jeanette Winterson's first novel, Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit, was published. It tells the story of a young girl adopted by Pentecostal parents. The girl is supposed to grow up and be a missionary. Instead she falls in love with a woman. Disaster"--Book jacket
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Why be Happy when You Could be Normal?, Jeanette Winterson
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- Released
- 2011
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- Title
- Why be Happy when You Could be Normal?
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Jeanette Winterson
- Publisher
- Grove Press
- Released
- 2011
- Format
- Hardcover
- Pages
- 240
- ISBN10
- 0802120873
- ISBN13
- 9780802120878
- Series
- Tags
- Non-Fiction, True Stories, Biographies, Autobiographies & Memoirs, LGBTQ+, Childhood, Church, Genealogy, Knowledge, Cults, Adoption, Liberation
- Rating
- 4.15 out of 5
- Description
- Memories of the author about her difficult childhood as the adopted daughter of an English mother with strong religious convictions, and her subsequent search for her biological mother. "In 1985 Jeanette Winterson's first novel, Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit, was published. It tells the story of a young girl adopted by Pentecostal parents. The girl is supposed to grow up and be a missionary. Instead she falls in love with a woman. Disaster"--Book jacket