WHY BE HAPPY WHEN YOU COULD BE NORMAL? PB B FORMAT – JEANETTE WINTERSON

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**