"The most interesting writer I have read in twenty years. "Many consider her to be the best living writer in this language." - Evening Standard "She is a master of her material, a writer great talent." -Muriel Spark "An explosively imaginative writer." - The London Free Press As good as Poe: it dares you to laugh and stares you down." - The New York Review of Books "The overwhelming impression of her work is one of remarkable self-confidence, and she evidently thrives on risk. Winterson's voice, with its idiosyncratic wit and sensitivity, is one you've never heard before." - Ms. "If Flannery O'Connor and Rita Mae Brown had collaborated on the coming-out story of a young British girl in the 1960s, maybe they would have approached the quirky and subtle hilarity of Jeanette Winterson's autobiographical first novel. by employing quirky anecdotes, which are told with romping humor, and by splicing various parables into the narrative, Winterson allows herself the dangerous luxury of writing a novel that refuses to rely on rousing plot devices. Jeanette retells the story of her life beginning when she is seven years old and living in England with her adoptive parents. Winterson's great gift is evident." - The Washington Post Book World Winterson has mastered both comedy and tragedy in this rich little novel. Adopted by an extraordinarily eccentric couple (particularly the dominating Mrs Winterson), fervent Pentacostalists, Mrs W’s. (from the Introduction) As is known Jeanette Winterson had a harsh beginning. "A striking, quirky, delicate, and intricate work. When Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit was first published in 1985 it was often stocked in the cookbooks section with the marmalade manuals.
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