I remember more vividly the 1990 television adaptation (written by Winterson herself) starring the late Charlotte Coleman ( Marmalade Atkins, Four Weddings and a Funeral) which also won a BAFTA. I was a teenager at the time and can’t say for sure that I was particularly aware of it. It was published in 1985 and won the Whitbread Prize (now known as the Costa book Awards) for a first novel that same year. Oranges Are Not The Only Fruit was Winterson’s first published work and proved a stellar launch to what has become a brilliant writing career. This book is normally considered a classic of the LGBT genre rather than feminist fiction, but, for me, Winterson is one of the most eloquent and interesting feminist authors around today, so I definitely felt this book was a worthy choice for the theme. The theme was a feminist novel, in part to mark the 100 th anniversary of the extension of the vote to a section of the female population in Britain.
This was February’s choice for my Facebook Reading Challenge.
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