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Innovativeinstyle,itshumourbyturnspunchyandtender,JeanetteWinterson’sfirstnovel,OrangesareNottheOnlyFruitisafewdaysrideintothebizarreoutpostsofreligiousexcessandhumanobsession.It’salovestory,too.Winterson’sadapta
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JeanetteWintersonwasborninManchester,England,andadoptedbyPentecostalparentswhobroughtherupinthenearbymill-townofAccrington.AsaNorthernworkingclassgirlshewasnotencouragedtobeclever.Heradoptedfatherwasafactoryworker,hermotherstayedathome.Therewereonlysixbooksinthehouse,includingtheBibleandCruden'sCompleteConcordancetotheOldandNewTestaments.Strangely,oneoftheotherbookswasMalory'sMorted'Arthur,anditwasthisthatstartedherlifequestofreadingandwriting.Thehousehadnobathroomeither,whichwasfortunatebecauseitmeantthatJeanettecouldreadherbooksbyflashlightintheoutsidetoilet.ReadingwasnotmuchapprovedunlessitwastheBible.Herparentsintendedherforthemissionaryfield.SchoolingwaserraticbutJeanettehadgotherselfintoagirl'sgrammarschoolandlatershereadEnglishatOxfordUniversity.Thiswasnotaneasytransition.Jeanettehadlefthomeat16afterfallinginlovewithanothergirl.WhileshetookherAlevelsshelivedinvariousplaces,supportingherselfbyeveningandweekendwork.Inayearofftoearnmoney,sheworkedasadomesticinalunaticasylum.AfterOxford,shedidoddjobsinthetheatreandwroteherfirstnovel,OrangesAreNotTheOnlyFruit,whenshewas23.Itwaspublishedayearlaterin1985.Atthesametimeshepublishedacomicbookwithpictures,BoatingForBeginners.Shethenworkedforherpublishersatthetime,PandoraPress,beforepublishingThePassionin1987withBloomsburyintheUKandKnopfintheStates.Atthatpointshebecameafull-timewriter,publishingSexingTheCherryin1989,WrittenOnTheBodyin1992,Art&Lies1994,ArtObjects(essays)1995,GutSymmetries1997,TheWorldAndOtherPlaces(shortstories)1998,The.Powerbookin2000,abookforchildren:TheKingofCapri,in2003,andherlatestnovel,Lighthousekeepingin2004.InadditionshedramatisedOrangesAreNotTheOnlyFruitforBBCTVin1990,andwroteaTVfilm,GreatMomentsInAviationforBBC2in1994.In2002sheadaptedhernovelThePowerBookfortheRoyalNationalTheatreLondon,andTheatredeChaillot,Paris.ThestageversionwasdirectedbyDeborahWarner,andstarredFionaShaw,SaffronBurroughsandPaulineLynch.JeanetteWintersonhaswonvariousawardsaroundtheworldforherfictionandadaptations,includingtheWhitbreadPrize,UK,andthePrixd'argent,CannesFilmFestival.ShewritesregularlyforvariousUKnewspapers,especiallyTheTimesandTheGuardian,andherjournalismcanbefoundonthesite.Apartfromherloveofbooks,shelovescars,andatpresentdrivesaLandroverDefender90TD1,allblackwithlotsofchromeandalloy,andaPorsche911Targa.JeanetteWintersonlivesinthecountryinOxfordshire,inaseventeenthcenturythatchedcottageontheriver,andina1780'shousesherestoredfromderelict,inSpitalfields,London.
