Why be happy when you could be normal?

Description:

Memories of the author about her difficult childhood as the adopted daughter of an English mother with strong religious convictions, and her subsequent search for her biological mother.

subjects: Women authors,  Childhood and youth,  Biography,  English Authors,  Mothers and daughters,  Lesbians,  Lesbians, biography,  Authors, biography,  Family,  English Novelists,  Biographies,  Enfance et jeunesse,  Famille,  Romanciers anglais,  Lesbiennes,  Families,  LGBTQ biography and memoir,  Stonewall Book Awards,  Lambda Literary Awards,  Lambda Literary Award Winner,  New York Times reviewed,  collection:judy_grahn_award=finalist,  Authors, english,  English Women authors,  Écrivains anglais,  Écrivaines anglaises,  Winterson, jeanette , 1959-,  Lesbians--england--biography,  Authors, english--biography,  Mothers and daughters--biography,  Pr6073.i558 a3 2012,  823/.914

People: Jeanette Winterson (1959-)

Places: England,  Great Britain,  Grande-Bretagne

Times: 20th century,  20e siècle