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About Jeanette Winterson
English author
Jeanette Winterson is an English author. She is known for her fiction, especially her debut novel, Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit, a semi-autobiographical story about a lesbian growing up in an English Pentecostal community. Her later novels often explore gender and sexual identity, and her more recent work turns to the relationship between people and technology. Her books have been translated into nearly 20 languages, and she also broadcasts and teaches creative writing.
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Explore Rain
- “When the rain finally abates, I decide to wait out the night instead of trying to climb in the dark.”Rae Carson
- “A person does not have to be beautiful for you to find them beautiful. That's what love is all about.”Vanshika Dhyani
- “And the Flatline aligned the nose of Kuang's sting with the center of the dark below. And dove. Case's sensor…”William Gibson
Explore Desire
- “There is no desire more natural than the desire for knowledge.”Michel de Montaigne
- “That’s not why I’m here. I’ve got a mission. I made a promise.” His chest expanded with a deep, ragged breath…”Julie Miller
- “It's a beautiful thing, the desire to help a fellow human who is maybe in a rough spot.”Uzodinma Iweala
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Books by Jeanette Winterson
Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit
1991
Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal?
2012
Weight
2006
The passion
1989
The stone gods
2007