{"product_id":"why-be-happy-when-you-could-be-normal-jeanette-winterson","title":"Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal (Jeanette Winterson)","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe shocking, heart-breaking - and often very funny - true story behind \u003ci\u003eOranges Are Not the Only Fruit.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn 1985 Jeanette Winterson's first novel, \u003ci\u003eOranges Are Not the Only Fruit\u003c\/i\u003e, 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Unforgettable... It's the best book I have ever read about the cost of growing up' Daisy Goodwin, \u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e**ONE OF THE \u003ci\u003eGUARDIAN\u003c\/i\u003e'S 100 BEST BOOKS OF THE 21st CENTURY**\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003ch4\u003eAutorenportrait\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eJeanette Winterson CBE\u003c\/b\u003e was born in Manchester. She published her first novel, \u003ci\u003eOranges Are Not the Only Fruit\u003c\/i\u003e, at twenty-five. Over two decades later she revisited that material in her internationally bestselling memoir \u003ci\u003eWhy Be Happy When You Could Be Normal?\u003c\/i\u003e. Winterson has written thirteen novels for adults and two previous collections of short stories, as well as children's books, non-fiction and screenplays. She is Professor of New Writing at the University of Manchester. She lives in the Cotswolds in a wood and in Spitalfields, London.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003ch4\u003eWeitere Angaben\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eBuch (Paperback), B-Format, Englisch, 240 Seiten\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Weltbild.ch: Bücher \u0026 Outlet","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":63608643551581,"sku":"K031357073","price":10.7,"currency_code":"CHF","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0911\/8915\/0045\/files\/240064-3135707300001A.jpg?v=1771977114","url":"https:\/\/weltbild.ch\/products\/why-be-happy-when-you-could-be-normal-jeanette-winterson","provider":"Weltbild.ch: Bücher \u0026 Outlet","version":"1.0","type":"link"}