“Jeanette Winterson’s novels have established
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
bestselling 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. Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal? is a memoir about a life’s work to
find happiness. It's 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 an north England industrial town now
changed beyond recognition; about the Universe as Cosmic Dustbin. It is the
story of how a painful past that Jeanette thought she'd written over and
repainted rose to haunt her, sending her on a journey into madness and out
again, in search of her biological mother. 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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