{"product_id":"sexing-the-cherry-by-jeanette-winterson","title":"'Sexing the Cherry' by Jeanette Winterson","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"\" data-turn-id-container=\"request-6a5d7430-35d8-83ec-8537-639937f3e813-14\" data-is-intersecting=\"true\"\u003e\n\u003csection class=\"text-token-text-primary w-full focus:outline-none has-data-writing-block:pointer-events-none [\u0026amp;:has([data-writing-block])\u0026gt;*]:pointer-events-auto R6Vx5W_threadScrollVars scroll-mb-[calc(var(--scroll-root-safe-area-inset-bottom,0px)+var(--thread-response-height))] scroll-mt-[calc(var(--header-height)+min(200px,max(70px,20svh)))]\" dir=\"auto\" data-turn-id=\"request-6a5d7430-35d8-83ec-8537-639937f3e813-14\" data-turn-id-container=\"request-6a5d7430-35d8-83ec-8537-639937f3e813-14\" data-testid=\"conversation-turn-162\" data-turn=\"assistant\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"text-base my-auto mx-auto pb-8 [--thread-content-margin:var(--thread-content-margin-xs,calc(var(--spacing)*4))] @w-sm\/main:[--thread-content-margin:var(--thread-content-margin-sm,calc(var(--spacing)*6))] @w-lg\/main:[--thread-content-margin:var(--thread-content-margin-lg,calc(var(--spacing)*16))] px-(--thread-content-margin)\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-conversation-screenshot-content=\"\" class=\"[--thread-content-max-width:40rem] @w-lg\/main:[--thread-content-max-width:48rem] mx-auto max-w-(--thread-content-max-width) flex-1 group\/turn-messages focus-visible:outline-hidden relative flex w-full min-w-0 flex-col agent-turn\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"flex max-w-full flex-col gap-4 grow\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-message-author-role=\"assistant\" data-message-id=\"60592d77-b3c8-41eb-ab78-1f1471085154\" data-turn-start-message=\"true\" dir=\"auto\" data-message-model-slug=\"gpt-5-6-thinking\" class=\"min-h-8 text-message relative flex w-full flex-col items-end gap-2 text-start break-words whitespace-normal outline-none keyboard-focused:focus-ring [.text-message+\u0026amp;]:mt-1\" tabindex=\"0\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"flex w-full flex-col gap-1 empty:hidden\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"markdown prose dark:prose-invert wrap-break-word w-full dark markdown-new-styling\"\u003e\n\u003ch4 data-start=\"44\" data-end=\"404\"\u003eSet partly in seventeenth-century London and partly in a world where time, gender and geography refuse obedience, \u003cem data-start=\"158\" data-end=\"177\"\u003eSexing the Cherry\u003c\/em\u003e follows the enormous Dog-Woman and Jordan, the abandoned child she raises.\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"44\" data-end=\"404\"\u003eTheir stories move through plague, civil war, voyages, fairy tales and impossible cities, while a second narrative brings their forms into the present. Winterson uses history as raw material rather than scenery. The novel asks how identity survives the stories imposed upon it, and whether desire can create routes beyond the body, the family and linear time. Strange, comic and intellectually unruly.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"657\" data-end=\"750\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eVintage, 2007. Paperback in very good condition with light shelf wear.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/section\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"bower studio","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45870075576403,"sku":null,"price":14.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0689\/0268\/2707\/files\/Yourparagraphtext-2026-07-27T200255.516.png?v=1785146677","url":"https:\/\/bowerbooks.com\/products\/sexing-the-cherry-by-jeanette-winterson","provider":"bower books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}