Sexing the Cherry - Jeanette Winterson
Category: General Fiction
Tags: General Fiction, Historical Fiction, Adults
Sexing the Cherry By: Jeanette Winterson Narrated by: Juliet Stevenson Length: 5 hrs and 11 mins 5.0 out of 5 stars5.0 (2 ratings), Publishers summary Set in 17th-century London, Sexing the Cherry is about the journeys taken by the boisterous Dog-Woman and her son, Jordan: journeys across seas to find bananas and pineapples; journeys through time that weave snatches of the present with tales of Charles the First and Oliver Cromwell; journeys in search of the self., As mothers go, the Dog-Woman takes some beating. Shes a giant wrapped in a skirt that could serve as a sail for some wartorn ship and strong enough to fling an elephant into the air. Shes hideous, too, with smallpox scars on her face where fleas live, a flat nose and black, broken teeth. To top it all, shes a fantasist, a liar and a murderer., But her son, Jordan, is proud of her - who else has a mother who can hold a dozen oranges in her mouth at once?, Like the best of Wintersons writing, such as Oranges Are Not the Only F
