Jeanette Winterston - famous novelist - Page 16

yerself · 06-12-2012, 17:29

What this programme boiled down to is Winterson wasting an hour of television viewing time to tell us " My mother made me a lesbo."
We all know the answer to that one, don't we?
If I'd bought her the wool would she have made me one too?

stetrovers · 06-12-2012, 22:17

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Judging by the dates 1877-1951 I reckon he was the father of the Mr Winterson who was Jeanette's dad, who erected the stone in memory of his wife and father.

Not sure, why would jeanettes mum be buried with her father in law ? ah get it, to save money, i was thinking they were both in same grave.... penny drops

susie123 · 06-12-2012, 22:50

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Not sure, why would jeanettes mum be buried with her father in law ? ah get it, to save money, i was thinking they were both in same grave.... penny drops

Why shouldn't they be buried in the same grave? If they were both buried by Mr Winterson junior it's likely, there's room in all graves for more than one occupant.

However, just because they are both mentioned on the headstone doesn't mean they are both in the grave - I know of one headstone in Accrington cemetery which mentions five members of my family but I know that two of them are buried elsewhere.

DtheP47 · 07-12-2012, 09:34

Today's Accrington Observer page 8 has a piece by Kate Watkins entitled "Author praises role of her local library" not much chance it will quieten some of the negativity generated by some trolls in this thread but we can only hope.

Gordon Booth · 07-12-2012, 10:36

Watched it last night. I thought a very intelligent but disturbed woman with the black cloud of Mrs. Winterston low over her head all her life.
She mentioned her Dad and her father but it was always Mrs. Winterston, never Mum or Mother. Love and hatred of one person in conflict.
Must try one of her books although I don't think I'd like them.

cashman · 07-12-2012, 10:36

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Why shouldn't they be buried in the same grave? If they were both buried by Mr Winterson junior it's likely, there's room in all graves for more than one occupant.

Thing wi that is depends what yeh pay fer wi the first funeral, fact, i had to pay extra fer a 2 plot grave when i buried me late wife.

DtheP47 · 07-12-2012, 11:22

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Originally Posted by Gordon Booth

Watched it last night. I thought a very intelligent but disturbed woman with the black cloud of Mrs. Winterston low over her head all her life.
She mentioned her Dad and her father but it was always Mrs. Winterston, never Mum or Mother. Love and hatred of one person in conflict.
Must try one of her books although I don't think I'd like them.

Try her autobio' "Why be happy when you could be normal" Gordon. It gets a few mentions in these threads and the Yentob programme supplements it. The book covers in more detail her search for her birth mother and her problems in so doing.

DtheP47 · 07-12-2012, 11:40

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Must try one of her books although I don't think I'd like them.

Guardian review here Gordon.

Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal? by Jeanette Winterson ? review | Books | The Guardian

susie123 · 07-12-2012, 12:48

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Guardian review here Gordon.

Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal? by Jeanette Winterson ? review | Books | The Guardian

You can read the book online here

?????: Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal?

Bob Dobson · 07-12-2012, 13:26

I only hope it doesn't convert you to Lesbian leanings, Gordon

DtheP47 · 07-12-2012, 14:13

The multi talented Ms Winterson....

Jeanette Winterson

How many on here knew/know this side to her?

susie123 · 07-12-2012, 14:31

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The multi talented Ms Winterson....

Jeanette Winterson

How many on here knew/know this side to her?

She was pictured in the doorway of the shop during the film, and I guess when she and Alan Yentob were talking in front of the fire in a rather grand room, that was in her Georgian house.

jeanette winterson's shop at spitalfields | Flickr - Photo Sharing!

Gordon Booth · 07-12-2012, 15:19

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I only hope it doesn't convert you to Lesbian leanings, Gordon

Don't knock it if you haven't tried it, Bob.

Gordon Booth · 07-12-2012, 16:07

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You can read the book online here

?????: Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal?

Thanks, susie, just spent a few minutes reading the first two chapters( I tend to speed read, old habit), seems to be the basis for the TV script. I'll read it all but it re-enforces my impression from the programme, a disturbed woman with a devil on her shoulder, put in place by her mother. Perhaps the devil is her mother.
Good with verbal pictures.

kestrelx · 07-12-2012, 16:52

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Not sure, why would jeanettes mum be buried with her father in law ? ah get it, to save money, i was thinking they were both in same grave.... penny drops

They weren't - the Mother died first and had the father's name put on the grave in advance apparently. But when he died, later on - Jeanette didn't know where here grave was so she buried him in another area on his own. I think that is what she said in the program.