Notes
Jeanette Winterson's account of her abusive upbringing by an adoptive mother and her journey to find her real family. Guardian review
Description
This memoir is a tough-minded search for belonging, for love, an identity, a home, and a mother by the author of "Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit"--winner of the Whitbread First Novel award and the inspiration behind the award-winning BBC television adaptation "Oranges."
Collection
Call number
920 WIN
Genres
Awards
Lambda Literary Award (Winner — Lesbian Memoir/Biography — 2012)
Publishing Triangle Awards (Finalist — Judy Grahn Award for Lesbian Nonfiction — 2013)
Stonewall Book Award (Honor Book — Non-Fiction — 2013)
British Book Award (Shortlist — 2012)
Independent Booksellers' Book Prize (Winner — 2012)
Andrew Carnegie Medals for Excellence in Fiction and Nonfiction (Longlist — Nonfiction — 2013)
CBC Bookie Awards (Nominee — 2012)
Europese Literatuurprijs (Longlist — 2012)
The New York Times Notable Books of the Year (Nonfiction — 2012)
Village Voice Favorite Books (2012)
Notable Books List (Nonfiction — 2013)
ALA Over the Rainbow Book List (Selection — Memoir/Biography — 2013)
Publication
London : Jonathan Cape, 2011. 240 pages
Physical description
230 p.; 23 cm