Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal? (2011)

Name: Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal?
Rating: 4.2
Author: Jeanette Winterson
ISBN: 9781446402115

240 pages 4.2/5 Goodreads

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.

Author: Jeanette Winterson

ISBN: 9781446402115

Content Warnings

Identity & Discrimination

Religious persecution

Mental Health & Emotional

Grief / bereavement (major focus)

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