Witty, acute, fierce, and celebratory, why be happy when you could be normal? Is a tough-minded search for belonging, for love, identity, home, and a mother. Jeanette Winterson's novels have established her as a major fi...Witty, acute, fierce, and celebratory, why be happy when you could be normal? Is a tough-minded search for belonging, for love, identity, home, and a mother. Jeanette Winterson's novels have established her as a major figure in world literature.