Edité par Grove Press, 2013
ISBN 10 : 0802120873 ISBN 13 : 9780802120878
Vendeur : Goodwill of Colorado, COLORADO SPRINGS, CO, Etats-Unis
Etat : Good. This item is in overall good condition. Covers and dust jackets are intact but may have minor wear including slight curls or bends to corners as well as cosmetic blemishes including stickers. Pages are intact but may have minor highlighting/ writing. Binding is intact; however, spine may have slight wear overall. Digital codes may not be included and have not been tested to be redeemable and/or active. Minor shelf wear overall. Please note that all items are donated goods and are in used condition. Orders shipped Monday through Friday! Your purchase helps put people to work and learn life skills to reach their full potential. Orders shipped Monday through Friday. Your purchase helps put people to work and learn life skills to reach their full potential. Thank you!.
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Edité par Grove/Atlantic, Incorporated, 2012
ISBN 10 : 0802120105 ISBN 13 : 9780802120106
Vendeur : Better World Books, Mishawaka, IN, Etats-Unis
Etat : Good. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.
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Edité par Vintage Publishing, United Kingdom, London, 2012
ISBN 10 : 009955609X ISBN 13 : 9780099556091
Vendeur : WorldofBooks, Goring-By-Sea, WS, Royaume-Uni
Paperback. Etat : Very Good. The shocking, heart-breaking - and often very funny - true story behind Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit. In 1985 Jeanette Winterson's first novel, Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit, was published. It was Jeanette's version of the story of a terraced house in Accrington, an adopted child, and the thwarted giantess Mrs Winterson. It was a cover story, a painful past written over and repainted. It was a story of survival. This book is that story's the silent twin. It is full of hurt and humour and a fierce love of life. It is about the pursuit of happiness, about lessons in love, the search for a mother and a journey into madness and out again. It is generous, honest and true. Unforgettable Its the best book I have ever read about the cost of growing up Daisy Goodwin, Sunday Times **ONE OF THE GUARDIAN'S 100 BEST BOOKS OF THE 21st CENTURY**. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.
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Edité par Jonathan Cape, 2011
ISBN 10 : 0224093452 ISBN 13 : 9780224093453
Vendeur : SecondSale, Montgomery, IL, Etats-Unis
Etat : Good. Item in good condition. Textbooks may not include supplemental items i.e. CDs, access codes etc.
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Edité par Vintage Canada, 2012
ISBN 10 : 0307401251 ISBN 13 : 9780307401250
Vendeur : HPB-Diamond, Dallas, TX, Etats-Unis
paperback. Etat : Very Good. Connecting readers with great books since 1972! Used books may not include companion materials, and may have some shelf wear or limited writing. We ship orders daily and Customer Service is our top priority!.
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Edité par Brilliance Audio, 2012
ISBN 10 : 146920195X ISBN 13 : 9781469201955
Vendeur : HPB-Ruby, Dallas, TX, Etats-Unis
mp3_cd. Etat : Very Good. Connecting readers with great books since 1972! Used books may not include companion materials, and may have some shelf wear or limited writing. We ship orders daily and Customer Service is our top priority!.
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Edité par Grove Press, 2011, 2011
Vendeur : Longhouse, Publishers & Booksellers, Brattleboro, VT, Etats-Unis
Gift quality. Fine bright in like dust jacket with crisp bright text throughout.
Edité par Grove Press, 2012
ISBN 10 : 0802120105 ISBN 13 : 9780802120106
Vendeur : Book House in Dinkytown, IOBA, Minneapolis, MN, Etats-Unis
Membre d'association : IOBA
Edition originale
hardcover. Etat : Very Good. Etat de la jaquette : Very Good. First Edition. First US Printing with full number line. Binding is tight, sturdy, and square; boards and text also very good. Unclipped dust jacket in VG+ condition; jacket arrives wrapped in protective mylar. Ships from Dinkytown in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Edité par Windsor, 2012
ISBN 10 : 1445884038 ISBN 13 : 9781445884035
Vendeur : Better World Books Ltd, Dunfermline, Royaume-Uni
Etat : Good. Ships from the UK. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.
Edité par London : Vintage, 2012
Vendeur : MW Books, New York, NY, Etats-Unis
Edition originale
1st edition. Near fine paperback copy; edges very slightly dust-dulled and nicked. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, and clean. Physical description; 230 pages ; 20 cm. Contents; 1. The Wrong Crib -- 2. My Advice to Anybody Is: Get Born -- 3. In The Beginning Was The Word -- 4. The Trouble With A Book . -- 5. At Home -- 6. Church -- 7. Accrington -- 8. The Apocalypse -- 9. English Literature A-Z -- 10. This Is The Road -- 11. Art and Lies -- Intermission -- 12. The Night Sea Voyage -- 13. This Appointment Takes Place In The Past -- 14. Strange Meeting -- 15. The Wound -- Coda. Subjects; Winterson, Jeanette 1959- Childhood and youth. Winterson, Jeanette 1959-. Authors, English 20th century ; Biography. Women authors, English 20th century ; Biography. Childhood and youth of a person. Sex Religious aspects ; Biography. Mothers and daughters ; Biography. Lesbian youth. 1 Kg.
Edité par London : Vintage, 2012
Vendeur : MW Books Ltd., Galway, Irlande
Edition originale
1st edition. Near fine paperback copy; edges very slightly dust-dulled and nicked. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, and clean. Physical description; 230 pages ; 20 cm. Contents; 1. The Wrong Crib -- 2. My Advice to Anybody Is: Get Born -- 3. In The Beginning Was The Word -- 4. The Trouble With A Book . -- 5. At Home -- 6. Church -- 7. Accrington -- 8. The Apocalypse -- 9. English Literature A-Z -- 10. This Is The Road -- 11. Art and Lies -- Intermission -- 12. The Night Sea Voyage -- 13. This Appointment Takes Place In The Past -- 14. Strange Meeting -- 15. The Wound -- Coda. Subjects; Winterson, Jeanette 1959- Childhood and youth. Winterson, Jeanette 1959-. Authors, English 20th century ; Biography. Women authors, English 20th century ; Biography. Childhood and youth of a person. Sex Religious aspects ; Biography. Mothers and daughters ; Biography. Lesbian youth. 1 Kg.
Edité par Knopf Canada, 2011
ISBN 10 : 0307401243 ISBN 13 : 9780307401243
Vendeur : Zoom Books Company, Lynden, WA, Etats-Unis
Etat : very_good. Book is in very good condition and may include minimal underlining highlighting. The book can also include "From the library of" labels. May not contain miscellaneous items toys, dvds, etc. . We offer 100% money back guarantee and 24 7 customer service.
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Edité par Grove Press, 2011
ISBN 10 : 0802120105 ISBN 13 : 9780802120106
Vendeur : Moe's Books, Berkeley, CA, Etats-Unis
Edition originale
Hard cover. Etat : Very good. No jacket. First American edition. Very good, clean condition. Unmarked aside from small personal stamp from previous owner on inside front cover.
Edité par London, Jonathan Cape 2011., 2011
Vendeur : Larsen Books, Exeter, NSW, Australie
Reprint. Hardcover. Fine in fine dustjacket. Autobiographical pieces.
Edité par Grove Press, 2011
Vendeur : THE HERMITAGE BOOKSHOP, Denver, CO, Etats-Unis
Edition originale
First edition. Fine in fine dust jacket, in mylar cover.
Edité par London: Jonathan Cape, 2011
Vendeur : RightWayUp Books, Woodbridge, SUFFO, Royaume-Uni
Edition originale
Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. Etat de la jaquette : Very Good. 1st Edition. Winterson, Jeanette. Why be happy when you could be normal? First edition. London: Jonathan Cape, 2011. Hardback, VG in unclipped dustjacket with some shelfwear to top edge. Blue boards with gilt lettering to spine. Binding strong and tight. Fep has gift inscription. 230pp. page edges slightly tanned, contents clean and bright. "This is certainly the most moving book of Winterson's I have ever read, and it also feels like the most turbulent and the least controlled. In the end, the emotional force of the second half makes me suspect that the apparent artlessness of the first half is a ruse; that, in a Lilliputian fashion, what appears to be a straight narrative of her early life is actually tying the reader down with a thousand imperceptible guy ropes, so that when she unleashes a terrible sorrow, there is no escaping it and no looking away" (The Guardian).RightWayUp Books aims to provide accurate and detailed descriptions. All images are of the actual book for sale - no stock images are ever used. Thank you for looking at this listing.
Edité par Grove Press, NY, 2013
Vendeur : Mostly Useful Fictions IOBA, Commack, NY, Etats-Unis
Edition originale
Hardcover; First Printing. Etat : F. Etat de la jaquette : F. First American Edition. A fine unread first edition in a fine DJ.
Edité par New York: Grove Press, 2011
Vendeur : Fundus-Online GbR Borkert Schwarz Zerfaß, Berlin, Allemagne
Pp. Etat : Gut. First American Edition. Rough Cut. 230 S. Sehr gutes Exemplar, Text sauber. Very good copy, text clean. --- "A detailed portrait of a life that saved itself. The hard work Winterson did to find her place in the world after growing up as an outsider's outsider is not exaggerated. We are lucky she survived to tell the tale." - - -Library Journal (starred review) - - J eanette Winterson's bold and revelatory novels have established her as a major figure in world literature. She has written some of the most acclaimed books of the last three decades, including her internationally best-selling first novel, Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit, the story of a young girl adopted by Pentecostal parents that is considered one of the most important books in contemporary fiction. - - Jeanette's adoptive mother loomed over her life until Jeanette finally moved out at sixteen because she was in love with a woman. As Jeanette left behind the strict confines of her youth, her mother asked, "Why be happy when you could be normal?" - - This memoir is the chronicle 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 door- step all night; about a religious zealot disguised as a mother who has two sets of false teeth (matt for everyday and a pearlised set for 'best') and a revolver in the dresser drawer; about growing up in a north England industrial town in the 1960s and 1970s; and about the universe as a cosmic dustbin. It is the story of how a painful past, which Winterson thought she had written over and repainted, rose to haunt her later in life, sending her on a journey into madness and out again, in search of her biological mother. It is also a book about literature, one that shows how fiction and poetry can guide us when we are lost. Witty, acute, fierce, and celebratory, Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal? is a tough- minded search for belonging for love, identity, and a home. - - Born in Manchester in 1959 and adopted into a family of Pentecostal evangelists, JEANETTE WINTERSON studied at Oxford University. Her debut novel, Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit, was selected by Michael Cunningham as one of the Good Men Project's Best LGBT Books of All Time. Her other books include Sexing the Cherry and The Passion. Jeanette has won several prizes including the Whitbread Award for Best First Novel, the John Llewllyn Rhys Prize, and the E. M. Forster Award. Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 550.
Edité par London, Jonathan Cape 2011., 2011
Vendeur : Larsen Books, Exeter, NSW, Australie
Edition originale
First edition (Australian issue, without price on the flap, and printed here). Hardcover. Fine in fine dustjacket. Autobiographical pieces.
Edité par Grove Press, New York, 2011
Vendeur : Voyageur Book Shop, Milwaukee, WI, Etats-Unis
Edition originale
Hardcover. Etat : Fine. Etat de la jaquette : Very Good. First Printing. 230pp. Grey/blue hardcover with yellow spine title and pictoral dustjacket. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall. Q2.
Edité par Grove Press 2012, 2012
Vendeur : Hard to Find Books NZ (Internet) Ltd., Dunedin, OTAGO, Nouvelle-Zélande
Membre d'association : IOBA
Octavo softcover (VG+); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs.
Edité par Brilliance Audio, UNITED STATES, 2012
ISBN 10 : 1469201933 ISBN 13 : 9781469201931
Vendeur : The Yard Sale Store, Narrowsburg, NY, Etats-Unis
AUDIO CD. Etat : Very Good. 5 NEW AUDIO CDs. Sealed in the SHRINK WRAP. Some shelf wear to the shrink wrap. BRAND NEW AUDIO CDs inside. Enjoy this New Audio CD performance.
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Edité par Jonathan Cape 2011, 2011
Vendeur : Hard to Find Books NZ (Internet) Ltd., Dunedin, OTAGO, Nouvelle-Zélande
Membre d'association : IOBA
Edition originale
First edition, Super octavo hardcover (VG+) in d/w (VG+); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage cost.
Edité par Jonathan Cape 2011, 2011
Vendeur : Hard to Find Books NZ (Internet) Ltd., Dunedin, OTAGO, Nouvelle-Zélande
Membre d'association : IOBA
Edition originale
FIRST EDITION, UNCORRECTED PROOF COPY, octavo softcover (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.
Edité par Grove Press, New York, 2011
ISBN 10 : 0802120105 ISBN 13 : 9780802120106
Vendeur : Counterpoint Records & Books, Los Angeles, CA, Etats-Unis
Edition originale Signé
Hardcover. Etat : Very good. First Edition. Blue-gray paper covered boards, quarter bound in blue-gray cloth, yellow stamped titles at spine, very light shelf wear to covers, edges, corners and head and tail of spine, corners straight. Book body clean and tight. Inscribed and signed by the author at title page. Color photo illustrated dust jacket shows very light shelf wear, white titles at front and spine, price intact, archival Brodart protected.
Edité par Cape London 2011, 2011
Vendeur : Andrew Barnes Books / Military Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australie
hardback with dust jacket New book octavo 230pp., Fine autobiographical account of a difficult life.
Edité par -Jonathan Cape -, 2011
Vendeur : Paul Brown, Ramsgate, Royaume-Uni
First edition first impression 2011. Cloth. Near fine in dustjacket with publishers sticker. Ask to see our other Jeanette Winterson titles.
Edité par Grove Press, New York, New York, 2011
ISBN 10 : 0802120105 ISBN 13 : 9780802120106
Vendeur : Mike Murray - Bookseller LLC, East Windsor, NJ, Etats-Unis
Edition originale Signé
Hardcover. Etat : Fine. Etat de la jaquette : Fine. First American Edition/First Printing. This copy of "Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal" has been SIGNED by Jeanette Winterson on the title page! From her appearance at the Free Library of Philadelphia on October 22, 2019. This memoir is the chronicle of a life's work to find happiness. It is the story of how a painful past, which Winterson thought she had written over and repainted, rose to haunt her later in life, sending her on a journey into madness and out again, in search of her biological mother. Signed by Author(s).
Edité par Grove Press, New York, 2012
Vendeur : Rare Book Cellar, Pomona, NY, Etats-Unis
Edition originale
Hardcover. First Edition; First Printing. Very Good+ in a Near Fine dust jacket.
Edité par Grove Press, New York, 2012
ISBN 10 : 0802120105 ISBN 13 : 9780802120106
Vendeur : WAVERLEY BOOKS ABAA, Santa Monica, CA, Etats-Unis
Edition originale Signé
Hardcover. Etat : Fine. Etat de la jaquette : Fine. First Edition; First Printing. First American edition . SIGNED by Jeanette Winterson on title page. Fine in fine dust jacket. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 230 pages.