Books: Jeanette Winterson at Skylight

One of the most beloved fabulist novelists working today, Jeanette Winterson tackles her own reality in her new memoir, “Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal?” On a search for her biological mother, Winterson confronts the various paths her childhood took, from being raised by a religious zealot who kept a gun in the dresser to growing up in a rough industrial town in England. Pondering her sexuality and other core parts of her identity, the author studies what experiences formed her and who she might’ve become without her past. Skylight Books, 1818 N. Vermont Ave., L.A. 7:30 p.m. Thu. Free. https://www.skylightbooks.com