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Winterson's latest is a fascinating read and a unique experiment of sorts - taking her earlier fictional autobiography "Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit" and rewriting it as non-fiction. Telling one's true life story is never an easy task, but Winterson succeeds, revealing to us our own humanity as we live her experiences.
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Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal? by Jeanette Winterson
lisam, August 5, 2012
Winterson's latest is a fascinating read and a unique experiment of sorts - taking her earlier fictional autobiography "Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit" and rewriting it as non-fiction. Telling one's true life story is never an easy task, but Winterson succeeds, revealing to us our own humanity as we live her experiences.