WHY BE HAPPY WHEN YOU COULD BE NORMAL? (H/C)

IN 1985 JEANETTE WINTERSON'S FIRST NOVEL, "ORANGES ARE NOT THE ONLY FRUIT", WAS PUBLISHED. IT TELLS THE STORY OF A YOUNG GIRL ADOPTED BY PENTECOSTAL PARENTS. THE GIRL IS SUPPOSED TO GROW UP AND BE A MISSIONARY. INSTEAD SHE FALLS IN LOVE WITH A WOMAN. DISASTER. WRITTEN WHEN JEANETTE WAS ONLY TWENTY-FIVE, HER NOVEL WENT ON TO WIN THE WHITBREAD FIRST NOVEL AWARD, BECOME AN INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER AND INSPIRE AN AWARD-WINNING BBC TELEVISION ADAPTATION. "ORANGES" WAS SEMI-AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL. MRS WINTERSON, A THWARTED GIANTESS, LOOMED OVER THAT NOVEL AND ITS AUTHOR'S LIFE. WHEN JEANETTE FINALLY LEFT HER HOME, AT SIXTEEN, BECAUSE SHE WAS IN LOVE WITH A WOMAN, MRS WINTERSON ASKED HER WHY BE HAPPY WHEN YOU COULD BE NORMAL? THIS BOOK IS THE STORY OF A LIFE'S WORK TO FIND HAPPINESS. IT IS A BOOK FULL OF STORIES ABOUT A GIRL LOCKED OUT OF HER HOME, SITTING ON THE DOORSTEP ALL NIGHT; ABOUT A TYRANT IN PLACE OF A MOTHER, WHO HAS TWO SETS OF FALSE TEETH AND A REVOLVER IN THE DUSTER DRAWER, WAITING F