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ohestelle 's review for:
Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal?
by Jeanette Winterson
Reading a memoir written by an actual writer is like a breath of fresh air. Like many lesbians, I had a hard core Jeanette Winterson phase that lasted through most of college and beyond. Reading this, though, I feel like I understand her writing so much more. I even understand the things I dislike about her writing. Most compelling was her struggle to be educated, to read in a place where books were forbidden. And her remorse over voting for Margaret Thatcher! At a certain point, she writes about wanting to bring everyone who has criticized her for being arrogant and thinking too highly of herself to the place in her life when she was living in her car and making her way to Oxford. I get it now. I appreciate that she was able to bring me there.