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title: "Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal? Hardcover – Bargain Price, March 6, 2012"
brand: "jeanette winterson"
price: "₪376"
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# Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal? Hardcover – Bargain Price, March 6, 2012

**Brand:** jeanette winterson
**Price:** ₪376
**Availability:** ✅ In Stock

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- **What is this?** Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal? Hardcover – Bargain Price, March 6, 2012 by jeanette winterson
- **How much does it cost?** ₪376 with free shipping
- **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship
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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Wow, way out of my genre and so very worth it ....
*by K***R on November 7, 2011*

Highlighted on my kindle for the first time, a rarity, don't expect to repeat that. Laughed and cried, in just about equal measures. I would say I am not normally gripped by 'quality' writing in itself, like some people I know, where the story does not compel me but his book has it all. So impressed; by the story, the writing, the writer, the profoundness. I am calling it a perfect read and something I have learnt from.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Searlingly Funny and Real Book
*by J***S on July 7, 2013*

Jeanette Winterson has been well reviewed over the years and in particular for "Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit." When I saw that her latest book made it to the NY Times 100 Notable Books of 2012 list, I picked it up to see what she was all about as I had never read anything by her. What I found with her latest book was really a testimonial primarily of her early days growing up in an industrial town in England to what were very poor, strict, and severe step-parents who took her in seemingly because of some religious calling and then gave her a childhood that really did not measure up to any standards of good care or love. Winterson though persevered and as we see from her various loosely coupled stories, she went her own way, rebelled quite a great deal relative to the norm, and emerged on the other end as a very good writer and person. Some of the more interesting memories were her early days finding out she liked women more than men from an intimacy standpoint, her explorations in that area, and her various loves. I also found the discussion of the abject poverty she lived in to be tough to take but also very real and important in understanding who she is and in truth what others like her who grew up in similar circumstances were like. Finally, the discussion about her mother's religious beliefs and practices was at times humorous while also a bit hard to take from the standpoint of a young girl. A good book to read to learn more about one of the important writers of our time.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Mommie Dearest in reality
*by B***S on April 4, 2014*

Winterson is a master story-teller, in love with language. This autobiography, which recalls her debut novel ORANGES ARE NOT THE ONLY FRUIT, is remarkable: tough, fearless, brillaint. It is also a meditation on story-telling and on the value of loving words in an impoverish world where one seems expected to live an impoverished life. The adoptive mother, a fundamentalist living in a small town not far from Manchester, is an ogre from fairy tales, not LITTLE WOMEN; and she is a great creation.

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