Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal?

Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal? is a memoir that chronicles Jeanette Winterson's journey towards finding happiness, love, identity, and a home.

This book is full of stories about her past, including her experiences growing up in a north England industrial town in the 1960s and 1970s, and how her painful past rose to haunt her later in life.

Throughout the book, Winterson explores the role of literature in guiding us when we are lost, and how it helped her find her way.

With its witty, acute, fierce, and celebratory tone, Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal? is a tough-minded search for belonging that will resonate with anyone who has ever felt like they don't quite fit in.