{"product_id":"9780099556091","title":"Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal?","description":"\u003cp\u003e Author(s): Winterson, Jeanette \u003cbr\u003e Binding: Paperback, \u003cbr\u003e Date of Publication: 12\/04\/2012,\u003cbr\u003e Pagination: 240 pages,\u003cbr\u003e ISBN13\\EAN\\SKU: 9780099556091,\u003cbr\u003e Description: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe shocking, heart-breaking - and often very funny - true story behind Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 1985 Jeanette Winterson's first novel, Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit, was published. It was Jeanette's version of the story of a terraced house in Accrington, an adopted child, and the thwarted giantess Mrs Winterson. It was a cover story, a painful past written over and repainted. It was a story of survival.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book is that story's the silent twin. It is full of hurt and humour and a fierce love of life. It is about the pursuit of happiness, about lessons in love, the search for a mother and a journey into madness and out again. It is generous, honest and true.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘Unforgettable… It’s the best book I have ever read about the cost of growing up’ Daisy Goodwin, Sunday Times**ONE OF THE GUARDIAN'S 100 BEST BOOKS OF THE 21st CENTURY**\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Griffin Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43697990598700,"sku":"9780099556091","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0379\/1365\/7388\/files\/9780099556091.jpg?v=1722610581","url":"https:\/\/www.griffinbooksonline.co.uk\/products\/9780099556091","provider":"Griffin Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}