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Winterson’s semi-autobiographical debut novel has a protagonist who is also named Jeanette. She’s the adopted child of a fervent believer in an evangelical church, and is being raised to become an evangelical preacher. But Jeaneatte is attracted to girls, and this is viewed by her mother, her pastor and followers of her church as a sign that she is possessed of demons and cannot possibly be trusted to “speak the truth.” Her struggles to balance her faith, her ...more
Winterson’s semi-autobiographical debut novel has a protagonist who is also named Jeanette. She’s the adopted child of a fervent believer in an evangelical church, and is being raised to become an evangelical preacher. But Jeaneatte is attracted to girls, and this is viewed by her mother, her pastor and followers of her church as a sign that she is possessed of demons and cannot possibly be trusted to “speak the truth.” Her struggles to balance her faith, her ...more
Fascinating, heartbreaking, occasionally gut-bustingly hilarious.
Any of us who were weird little girls can identify with the narrator, whether or not we grew up in the north of England or had a whackadoodle evangelist mother. Winterson has a keen eye, and her use of the English language is simply brilliant.
Any of us who were weird little girls can identify with the narrator, whether or not we grew up in the north of England or had a whackadoodle evangelist mother. Winterson has a keen eye, and her use of the English language is simply brilliant.
The narrator's story of disillusionment with her mother's religion is told with tenderness and razor-sharp humor at once. Her mother is awful, truly awful, yet there's a kernel of sweetness left to her in the telling that could not have been easy to pull off.
As the story goes on, and Jeanette's life becomes more and more unmoored, we drift more and more frequently into mythological or medieval tales of quests and fate that serve as both mirror and escape for the narrator.
This was fantastic - al ...more
As the story goes on, and Jeanette's life becomes more and more unmoored, we drift more and more frequently into mythological or medieval tales of quests and fate that serve as both mirror and escape for the narrator.
This was fantastic - al ...more
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