| By CarrieAnn on Monday, April 27, 1998 - 06:32 pm: |
I'll give you the synopsis from the back of the book.... --------------- 'Adopted into an evangelical household in the dour industrial Midlands -- where the heathen are everywhere, especially next door -- Jeanette cuts her teeth on the knowledge that she is one of God's elect. She knows all the verses to "What a Friend We Have In Jesus, " and very little about the world. Although never exactly lamblike, Jeanette embroiders grim religious mottoes and shakes her little tambourine for Jesus like a good missionary-to-be. But as this budding evangelical comes of age, and comes to terms with her preference for her own sex, the peculiar balance of her God-fearing household crumbles. Her mother, the pastor, and the flock go to work on Jeanette's demons, denouncing her as someone "to whom it is impossible to speak the truth." Yet Jeanette's insistence on listening to the truths of her own heart and mind -- and in reporting them with wit and passion -- makes for an unforgettable chronicle of an eccentric, moving rite of passage into adulthood.' ------------------- Author: Jeanette Winterson Copyright: 1985 I paid : $9.95 -Fiction- |
| By Christopher on Tuesday, April 28, 1998 - 03:04 am: |
I'm sorry, I couldn't resist... |
| By CarrieAnn on Tuesday, April 28, 1998 - 10:51 am: |
Sorry, couldn't resist either...*grin* |
| By Giulia on Thursday, July 16, 1998 - 10:15 am: |
Write to: greta_9@hotmail.com |
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i can kick you way up into a tree |