Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal?
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- 10,99 €
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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 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.
‘Unforgettable… It’s the best book I have ever read about the cost of growing up’ Daisy Goodwin, Sunday Times
**ONE OF THE GUARDIAN'S 100 BEST BOOKS OF THE 21st CENTURY**
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The real Story after the fiction
Hey Jeanette, as always, loved to read you so much. Strange by the way to get through the reality wall... You're the one who made me read in english first. (i'm french). Loved you're fantasy, your poetry, your passion, your words through all of your books... With this book, it's kind of "i'm glad to meet you", get to know you a little... A Powerful book who praises (for me) the powers of poetry and love and loss... Made me think a lot about identity... Thanks for sharing. Thanks for your lively writing. Thanks.