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Jeanette Winterson brings humour and understanding to a fraught childhood

Bookends with Mattea Roach
Bookends with Mattea Roach
Episode • Oct 29, 2023 • 52m
WARNING: This discussion deals with suicide.

England's Jeanette Winterson reflects on her childhood and explores her search for love and belonging in her memoir, Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal?. Winterson is the author of the hit, semi-autobiographical novel, Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit. Her latest book, Night Side of the River, is a collection of ghost stories. *This interview originally aired in 2012.

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