1985 Whitbread Prize for Best First Novel
This title, the winner of the 1985 Whitbread Award for a First Novel, chronicles the struggles of a young girl against a domineering mother and the strictures of religion. The novel takes a look at religious excess and human obsession.
Genre: Literary Fiction
Genre: Literary Fiction
Praise for this book
"A fresh voice with a mind behind it is just what we need now in the literature of the English language and certainly Jeanette Winterson provides it...She is a master of her material, a writer in whom great talent deeply abides." - Muriel Spark
"The most interesting young writer I have read." - Gore Vidal
"The most interesting young writer I have read." - Gore Vidal
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