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laurrra 's review for:
Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal?
by Jeanette Winterson
In short: THANK GOODNESS FOR BOOKS. Books provided an education, respite, safety, community, a pathway to college, and an eventual source of income for the author. Is it too extreme to assume that books saved her life? Her insights and writing are so crisp and there's no question that she's given back - this book will give readers life and fresh air.
The role of books and writing in her life reminded me of the song Hurricane from the Hamilton soundtrack, specifically:
I wrote my way out of hell
I wrote my way to revolution
I was louder than the crack in the bell
I wrote Eliza love letters until she fell
I wrote about The Constitution and defended it well
And in the face of ignorance and resistance
I wrote financial systems into existence
And when my prayers to God were met with indifference
I picked up a pen, I wrote my own deliverance
The role of books and writing in her life reminded me of the song Hurricane from the Hamilton soundtrack, specifically:
I wrote my way out of hell
I wrote my way to revolution
I was louder than the crack in the bell
I wrote Eliza love letters until she fell
I wrote about The Constitution and defended it well
And in the face of ignorance and resistance
I wrote financial systems into existence
And when my prayers to God were met with indifference
I picked up a pen, I wrote my own deliverance