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‘Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal?’ by Jeanette Winterson

By Carmela Ciuraru

 |  Globe Correspondent  

  March 10, 2012

It’s tough to read a book when you can hardly get through a single page without suppressing the urge to underline a passage. In Jeanette Winterson’s memoir, “Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal?,’’ experiences, emotions, perceptions, and characterizations are written with such precision and originality that it makes for highly pleasurable reading. It is also Winterson’s best book in years, and one of the most entertaining and moving memoirs in recent memory.

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