Continuing my program of reading lesbian writers' memoirs of their mothers...I've never read Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit. I've read some other Winterson, attracted by her style more than her subject matter, but that one hasn't yet percolated to the top of the pile. This one, though, had the kille...
This is the truer, grittier, more analytical version of "Oranges are Not the Only Fruit" (http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/29005789), with an update of Winterson's very recent attempts to trace her birth mother, and interspersed with thoughts on words, writing, literature and a dash of politics ...
This book is very hard to review.I read Oranges are Not the Only Fruit in 2009 and loved it. I believe I realized that it was pseudo-autobiographical partway through, which added to the story. Pieces of the story came across as particularly truthful and authentic, but I had no way of knowing whether...
I remember reading 'Oranges Are Not The Only Fruit' way back when I had my first bookstore job. I don't remember the book itself but that it was a trade paperback when they were still a new thing and only serious lit was published in that form(The Basketball Diaries was another book I read back the...
I remember reading 'Oranges Are Not The Only Fruit' way back when I had my first bookstore job. I don't remember the book itself but that it was a trade paperback when they were still a new thing and only serious lit was published in that form(The Basketball Diaries was another book I read back the...
Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal might have been a sad memoir, but it’s not because the prose is fiercely beautiful, deeply reflective and empoweringly honest, and because while Jeannette Winterson may be wounded she’s a survivor who doesn’t regret the rough course her early life took. Born i...
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