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Jeanette Winterson

Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal?

Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal?

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  • cody
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    “jeanette winterson’s word economy to emotional heft ratio is undefeated. many poignant reflections on suffering and cycles of trauma but i was most touched by the reflections on love. how loving life is not easy but an act of grit, the hard-to-trust fact that love can be “as reliable as the sun,” being patient with the vicious creature that lives in you and learning to receive love with it. i dog eared the fuck out of this book lol”

  • Juuu
    Juuu

    “found this from a rec on here, today - read it in a sitting!”

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