Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal? Summary
Winterson, Jeanette

Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal? Overview

Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal? is a memoir written by award-winning author Jeanette Winterson. In a non-linear and imagistic writing style, Winterson writes about her childhood and teenage years as the adopted child of Pentecostal parents living in the north of England. In the final third of the book, the narrative chronicles her difficult search for her birth mother. Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal? explores themes of love, loss, identity, home, and literature.