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The shocking, heart-breaking - and often very funny - true story behind Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit.

In 1985 Jeanette Winterson's first novel, Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit, was published. It was a story of survival.

This book is that story's the silent twin.



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Unforgettable… It’s the best book I have ever read about the cost of growing up. -- Daisy Goodwin * Sunday Times *
A searingly felt and expressed autobiography…Funny and profoundly hopeful – a tale of survival -- Kate Hamer * Metro *
This book is good, sensible, beautiful company… Try this -- A.L. Kennedy * Week *
Jeanette Winterson’s writing is poetic, emotive and beautiful * So Many Books So Little Time (blog) *
Incredibly moving and full of Winterson’s characteristic wit. * Elle *

Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal

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    A Paperback / softback by Jeanette Winterson

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      Publisher Penguin Random House Group
      Imprint Vintage
      Published 12 April 2012
      ISBN-13 9780099556091
      978-0099556091
      ISBN-10 009955609X
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      Non Fiction Biography Autobiography: writers Memoirs Health & Wellbeing Relationships and families: advice, topics and issues

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      The shocking, heart-breaking - and often very funny - true story behind Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit.

      In 1985 Jeanette Winterson's first novel, Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit, was published. It was a story of survival.

      This book is that story's the silent twin.



      Trade Review
      Unforgettable… It’s the best book I have ever read about the cost of growing up. -- Daisy Goodwin * Sunday Times *
      A searingly felt and expressed autobiography…Funny and profoundly hopeful – a tale of survival -- Kate Hamer * Metro *
      This book is good, sensible, beautiful company… Try this -- A.L. Kennedy * Week *
      Jeanette Winterson’s writing is poetic, emotive and beautiful * So Many Books So Little Time (blog) *
      Incredibly moving and full of Winterson’s characteristic wit. * Elle *

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