Re: Jeanette Winterston - famous novelist
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Originally Posted by kestrelx
She was on the box last night, Newsnight Review, I only caught the last few minutues.
I recall my mother told me back in the 80's, we lived on Water Street, that her father told her that they (her parents) were really upset by what she'd said about them. But they would not want to sue her as they didn't.
I only read the book around 2004 and I thought the writing was very compelling and well written - a page turner as they say but tried the second one "Sexing the Cherry" and I couldn't get into it.
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I saw it.
Her Accringtonian accent's still spot on, to say she's lived away from the area for the majority of her life.
She came across very well.
Intelligent and humorous.
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