This book has to be the most abnormal book I've ever read. It's weird, edgy, gutsy and just...weird. Yet it's really good.

The book?

 Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal? by British and lesbian author Jeanette Winterson.

 I think J. Winterson even won some LGBT (and other organizations') awards. This book can make little sense...it's really just a bunch of Jeanette's thoughts. Just all scribbled together in some sort of order. But you can still grasp events/stories that happened in her life.

The book got it's title from the following...
Jeanette was/is adopted by what I call, Bible thumper parents (mostly the mom). No books besides the Bible and a few other religious books, young Jeanette never felt loved. As a teenage Jeanette found love and acceptance in one of her female classmates. They kissed. J was happy for the first time...ever. J told her mom about the kiss and being happy. Mom's response, "why be happy when you could be normal?"

Not sure why I found that line "earth-shattering." I think because so many people are looking for true happiness, yet this happiness isn't "normal" in their culture. I've read about 25% of it, but I've already learned a lot about myself from this 224 page book.

I mean I'm 24, turning 25 in November. I'll be a college graduate in May. I'm at the stage of my life where things are kind of just beginning. The fun part is figuring out what my "normal" is going to be. Should/do I accept what my culture states as normal? Or do I create something new and/or do something that's not considered normal?