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Book Review of Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal?

Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal?
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Another home run by Winterson. If you haven't read her debut, "Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit," yet, read that one first, as this is a companion piece. A brilliant look back on an unhappy childhood and how it helped shape the author, for better and for worse. Some excellent musings, too, on the comforts of literature, and why these are not--and should not be--strictly for the rich or those in the ivory tower.