Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal?

Jeanette Winterson's fearless memoir is a raw, brilliant reckoning with her extraordinary childhood—raised by a Pentecostal adoptive mother who'd rather see her daughter 'normal' than happy. This is storytelling at its finest: fierce, funny, and achingly honest about love, literature, and finding your own way in the world. Perfect for readers who love memoirs that refuse to flinch, and anyone who's ever felt like an outsider looking for a place to belong.