In 1985 Jeanette Winterson's first novel Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit was published It was Jeanette's version of the story of a terraced house in Accrington an adopted child & the thwarted giantess Mrs Winterson It was a cover story a painful past written over & repainted It was a story of survival This book is that story's the silent twin It is full of hurt & humour & a fierce love of life It is about the pursuit of happiness about lessons in love the search for a mother & a journey into madness & out again It is generous honest & true