{"product_id":"2265929","title":"Sexing the Cherry","description":"167 pp. \"Set in 17th century London, Sexing the Cherry is about the journeys of a mother, known as The Dog Woman, and her protégé, Jordan.[2] They journey in a space-time flux: across the seas to find exotic fruits such as bananas and pineapples; and across time, with glimpses of \"the present\" and references to Charles I of England and Oliver Cromwell. The mother’s physical appearance is somewhat \"grotesque\". She is a giant, wrapped in a skirt big enough to serve as a ship’s sail and strong enough to fling an elephant. She is also hideous, with smallpox scars in which fleas live, a flat nose and foul teeth. Her son, however, is proud of her, as no other mother can hold a good dozen oranges in her mouth all at once. Ultimately, their journey is a journey in search of The Self.[citation needed] Sexing the Cherry features elements of magical realism and can be said to contribute to the promotion of the \"Other\" in the literary world.[clarification needed] Sexing the Cherry is a postmodernist work and features many examples of inter-sexuality. It also incorporates the fairy tale of the Twelve Dancing Princesses.\" A novel of magical fantasy by the author of Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit, which won the Whitbread First Novel Award in 1985 and was made into a film, and The Passion, which won the 1987 John Llewellyn Rhys Memorial Prize.","brand":"The Atlantic Monthly Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":12596635041862,"sku":"2265929","price":10.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1232\/9510\/products\/2265929.jpg?v=1571425642","url":"https:\/\/ym-demo.myshopify.com\/products\/2265929","provider":"Yesterday's Muse","version":"1.0","type":"link"}