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Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal? - Jeanette Winterson - Cecily & Fionnuala
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"Why Be Happy is a beautiful and necessary commentary on Winterson's first novel, Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit. It is full of insights from her continually active writer's mind, insights on reading, on writing, on religion, on nature, on time, on life and on death..."
(Fionnuala, review)
"This is the truer, grittier, more analytical version of "Oranges are Not the Only Fruit", with an update of Winterson's very recent attempts to trace her birth mother, and interspersed with thoughts on words, writing, literature and a dash of politics of family, class, feminism and sexuality..."
(Cecily, review)
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