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• I loved this book- humor, tragedy, and above all, as I found with other Winterson books, the REAL quality of the characters shine through effortlessly. There are parts of this book that I want to share with everyone I know.

  5.00 out of 5

  amaryann21

• I loved this book. Wasn't too sure about it because of all the religious stuff, but it was great non-the-less. Highly recommended.

  5.00 out of 5

  madphill

• Winterson's first, and I sometimes think, her best. Fictionalised account of her childhood, adopted by a woman belonging to one of those strange religious brethen sects, realising she is a lesbian etc. Brilliantly written, very funny at times

  5.00 out of 5

  brunhilde

• A brilliant first book that deserves all the many prizes it has received. Jeanette, a precocious orphan, forms her early counter-identity around the missionary views of her conservative mother, who looks upon Jeannette as her piece of clay to mold into a notable missionary. Unfortunately, Jeannette happens to be a lesbian who is as skilled in bending reality to suit her needs as her mother is, but to a better cause. This comic novel uses the books of the Old Testament (the Torah) to tell the progressive stages by which Jeannette realizes her sexuality, falls in love, is separated from the object of her affections and, finally, has a lasting alienation from her adopted mother as she prepares to further broaden her intellectual horizons by attending university.

  5.00 out of 5

  corinneblackmer

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