A review by efins
Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal? by Jeanette Winterson

5.0

I love this book. I listened to the audiobook, which is read (well!) by the author. Upon finishing, I immediately started again. The story is haunting and layered. I love the way that she uses language and how she references classical writers, feminist theory, and psychology. She deftly builds on themes and the story loops back in itself in subtle ways. And her description of the inner experience of an adoptee is spot on.