![]() Jeanette Winterson’s Enchanted Science (Ph. ![]() Jeanette Winterson at the Complete Review ![]() However, she still garners critical acclaim for her work and writes for many newspapers and magazines. She read English at Oxford University before writing her first novel, Oranges are Not the Only Fruit. It won the 1985 Whitbread Black for a First. Jeanette Winterson was born in Manchester in 1959. After initial critical acclaim, her bad behaviour, self promotion – she named herself as her favourite living author – and her outing of a former lover who was now married turned off many critics and resulted in poor relations between her and the press. After moving to London, her first novel, Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit, was published when she was 24 years old. Her first novel was published in 1985 but it was not till it became a TV series in 1990 did she have much success. After university, she was involved in publishing and the Roundhouse Theatre. Sexing the Cherry is an imaginative tour de force exploring history, imagination, and the nature of time. When she was a teenager, her lesbianism led to an estrangement with her parents and she left home, working at various jobs, before going to Oxford University to study English. US List Price 14.95 About The Book Jeanette Winterson’s dazzling novels have earned her widespread and unanimous international acclaim, establishing her as a major figure in world literature. ![]() ![]() She was brought up in a religious environment. Jeanette Winterson was born in Manchester in 1959 and adopted while still very young by two Pentecostal Evangelists and brought up in Accrington. ![]()
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