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Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal?
by Jeanette Winterson
I needed words because unhappy families are conspiracies of silence. The one who breaks the silence is never forgiven. He or she has to learn to forgive him or herself. (page 9)
Prior to this, I’d only read Winterson’s [b:Weight: The Myth of Atlas and Heracles|15046|Weight The Myth of Atlas and Heracles|Jeanette Winterson|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1405975290l/15046._SY75_.jpg|2270630]. Laura’s review prompted me to read this now rather than later.
I was engrossed by Winterson’s account, including her depictions of her mentally ill adopted mother and, later on, her own mental illness. Her descriptions of her own depression and what’s perhaps schizophrenia were some of the best writing. How hard it must be to describe such states.
As an adult, when she finally starts to confront her feelings, she has to deal with the outcome of being taken from loving arms, as a 6-weeks-old baby, to no arms. I think of the children at the U.S./Mexico border who are experiencing the same thing, and how they will be dealing with the aftermath of that for the rest of their lives.
Prior to this, I’d only read Winterson’s [b:Weight: The Myth of Atlas and Heracles|15046|Weight The Myth of Atlas and Heracles|Jeanette Winterson|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1405975290l/15046._SY75_.jpg|2270630]. Laura’s review prompted me to read this now rather than later.
I was engrossed by Winterson’s account, including her depictions of her mentally ill adopted mother and, later on, her own mental illness. Her descriptions of her own depression and what’s perhaps schizophrenia were some of the best writing. How hard it must be to describe such states.
As an adult, when she finally starts to confront her feelings, she has to deal with the outcome of being taken from loving arms, as a 6-weeks-old baby, to no arms. I think of the children at the U.S./Mexico border who are experiencing the same thing, and how they will be dealing with the aftermath of that for the rest of their lives.