The year after same-sex marriage became legal in England, JW
married her partner, the feminist writer and psychoanalyst Susie Orbach
, author of Fat is a Feminist Issue, 1978.
Winterson, Jeanette. “Jeanette Winterson: why I fasted for 11 days”. theguardian.com, 11 July 2015.
Family and Intimate relationships
Jeanette Winterson
Among JW
's many sexual relationships, she had a notorious affair with her former literary agent Pat Kavanagh
, the wife of author Julian Barnes
. Another significant relationship was with theatre director Deborah Warner
Literary responses
Ann Oakley
The book was marketed with laudatory comments from Susie Orbach
(best-known for her Fat is a Feminist Issue, 1978), Julia Twigg
(a specialist in the provision of physical care), and Jonathan Miller
(physician and writer).
