The Resource Why be happy when you could be normal?, Jeanette Winterson
Why be happy when you could be normal?, Jeanette Winterson
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The item Why be happy when you could be normal?, Jeanette Winterson represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in South Whitley Community Public Library.
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- Summary
- Traces the author's lifelong search for happiness as the adopted daughter of Pentecostal parents who raised her through practices of fierce control and paranoia, an experience that prompted her to search for her biological mother
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 236 pages
- Note
- Originally published: London : Jonathan Cape, 2011
- Isbn
- 9780802120878
- Label
- Why be happy when you could be normal?
- Title
- Why be happy when you could be normal?
- Statement of responsibility
- Jeanette Winterson
- Subject
-
- trueWomen authors -- Biography
- trueAdopted children -- England
- trueAdoptees -- Identity
- trueAdult books for young adults
- trueAdult children of dysfunctional families -- Biography
- trueAuthors, English -- 20th century -- Biography
- Authors, English -- 20th century -- Biography
- trueAutobiographies and memoirs
- trueBirthparents -- Identification
- trueChristianity
- trueConflict in families
- trueFamily and Relationships -- Parenting
- trueFundamentalists
- Lesbians -- Great Britain -- Biography
- trueLesbians -- Great Britain -- Biography
- trueLife stories -- Relationships | Family
- trueManchester, England
- trueMothers and daughters -- Biography
- Winterson, Jeanette, 1959-
- trueWinterson, Jeanette, 1959- -- Childhood and youth
- trueWinterson, Jeanette, 1959- -- Family
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- Traces the author's lifelong search for happiness as the adopted daughter of Pentecostal parents who raised her through practices of fierce control and paranoia, an experience that prompted her to search for her biological mother
- Summary
- The author of the best-selling Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit traces her life-long search for happiness as the adopted daughter of Pentecostal parents who raised her in a north England industrial town through practices of fierce control and paranoia, an experience that prompted her to search for her biological mother and turn for solace to the literary world
- Award
-
- Lambda Literary Award for Lesbian Memoir/Biography
- Library Journal Best Books 2012
- New York Times Notable Book 2012
- ALA Notable Book, 2013
- Biography type
- autobiography
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/bookUI
- 10045301
- Cataloging source
- NjBwBT
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1959-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Winterson, Jeanette
- Dewey number
-
- 823/.914
- B
- Index
- no index present
- LC call number
- PR6073.I558
- LC item number
- Z46 2013
- Literary form
- non fiction
- http://library.link/vocab/resourcePreferred
- True
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- Winterson, Jeanette
- Authors, English
- Lesbians
- Mothers and daughters
- Target audience
- adult
- Label
- Why be happy when you could be normal?, Jeanette Winterson
- Note
- Originally published: London : Jonathan Cape, 2011
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 20002902
- Dimensions
- 21 cm
- Extent
- 236 pages
- Isbn
- 9780802120878
- Lccn
- bl2013008276
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
- n
- Label
- Why be happy when you could be normal?, Jeanette Winterson
- Note
- Originally published: London : Jonathan Cape, 2011
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 20002902
- Dimensions
- 21 cm
- Extent
- 236 pages
- Isbn
- 9780802120878
- Lccn
- bl2013008276
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
- n
Subject
- trueWomen authors -- Biography
- trueAdopted children -- England
- trueAdoptees -- Identity
- trueAdult books for young adults
- trueAdult children of dysfunctional families -- Biography
- trueAuthors, English -- 20th century -- Biography
- Authors, English -- 20th century -- Biography
- trueAutobiographies and memoirs
- trueBirthparents -- Identification
- trueChristianity
- trueConflict in families
- trueFamily and Relationships -- Parenting
- trueFundamentalists
- Lesbians -- Great Britain -- Biography
- trueLesbians -- Great Britain -- Biography
- trueLife stories -- Relationships | Family
- trueManchester, England
- trueMothers and daughters -- Biography
- Winterson, Jeanette, 1959-
- trueWinterson, Jeanette, 1959- -- Childhood and youth
- trueWinterson, Jeanette, 1959- -- Family
Genre
- trueLife stories
- trueFamily and Relationships
- trueBiography
- trueAutobiographies and memoirs
- trueAdult books for young adults
Included in
- trueLambda Literary Awards: Biography / Autobiography
- trueNew York Times Notable Books - Nonfiction: 2012
- trueLibrary Journal Best Memoirs
- trueALA Notable Books - Nonfiction: 2013
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