Book description
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.
Jeanette Winterson OBE is the author of ten novels, including
The Passion, Sexing the Cherry and Written on the
Body, a book of short stories, The World and Other Places,
a collection of essays, Art Objects as well as many other
works, including children's books, screenplays and journalism. Her
writing has won the Whitbread Award for Best First Novel, the John
Llewellyn Rhys Memorial Prize, the E. M. Forster Award and the Prix
d'argent at Cannes Film Festival.
Visit her website at www. jeanettewinterson. com
