A review by ashley729
Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal? by Jeanette Winterson

4.0

I’ve never heard about our author before this book but apparently she has had some pretty noteworthy releases! From what I gleamed from her references to her other books this was a bit more of a behind the scenes/look at her life journey. A unique memoir about Jeanette’s life as someone who was adopted into an incredibly unique family and how that shaped her to be the person she is. Her adopted mother posed unique challenges being incredibly religious yet closed minded and attempting to force Jeannette to fit her misconstrued mold of a daughter. As anyone with super controlling parents does, Jeanette learned to find herself and explore her love for books in secret. Books opened up a whole new world of possibilities and validated her feelings and sense of self worth. As someone who is feeling a little lost in her life I love reading stories about how other people have managed to “find” themselves or at least come to terms with the fact that people aren’t necessarily meant to be “found.”