Jeanette Winterson

5 summariesSpirituality, Literary Fiction, Romance

Jeanette Winterson is an English author. Her first book, Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit, was a semi-autobiographical novel about a sensitive teenage girl rebelling against convention. Other novels explore gender polarities and sexual identity and later ones the relations between humans and technology. She broadcasts and teaches creative writing. She has won a Whitbread Prize for a First Novel, a BAFTA Award for Best Drama, the John Llewellyn Rhys Prize, the E. M. Forster Award and the St. Louis Literary Award, and the Lambda Literary Award twice. She has received an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) and a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) for services to literature, and is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature.

Books by Jeanette Winterson

5 books available

Oranges Are Not The Only Fruit
Jeanette Winterson
3.7 (60k) average on GoodreadsSpirituality
Raised in the intense world of evangelical Christianity, a young woman's missionary path changes when her heart and faith are challenged by loving another woman.
Written on the Body
Jeanette Winterson
4.1 (24k) average on GoodreadsLiterary Fiction
An unnamed, ungendered narrator explores a consuming affair with a married woman, looking at desire, identity, and the body's language.
Sexing the Cherry
Jeanette Winterson
3.8 (16k) average on GoodreadsLiterary Fiction
A giant Dog-Woman rescues a foundling on the Thames. This novel takes readers through time and bawdy adventure, exploring love, truth, and the fluid nature of reality.
Lighthousekeeping
Jeanette Winterson
3.9 (8k) average on GoodreadsLiterary Fiction
An orphaned girl, adopted by a blind lighthouse keeper, finds her way by understanding the dual life of a 19th-century clergyman—a man split between public duty and private love—whose story helps her find her own light and love.
The Stone Gods
Jeanette Winterson
3.7 (5k) average on GoodreadsFantasy
As humanity seeks a new Earth, a love story unfolds against our planet's demise, echoing through time and potential futures.