Finally a not so sad ending to a story we read. This story was a reliving one, not dark and mysterious at all. I love how Winterson incorporated fairytales into her story, but her story has a happy ending. How she was able to tell her "coming out" story and add fiction elements is incredible. I loved how she was able to deny repenting and be herself. I also enjoyed reading the description of the devil when she was locked in the room with no food for thirty six hours. During this confinement she hallucinated and thought about the devil, and claims the devil talked to her. I feel like this scene shows how brain washed she is about this harsh religion. It shows what control it has on her. She even breaks into fevers with nightmares about the devil. Jeanette doesn't want to do anything that will upset God, she still loves him but can't help but be herself.
You also get a sense of how strong Jeanette is in the story. She ends up moving out because her mom does not agree with Jeanette's sexuality and claims it's the devils work. She finds her own job, various ones. From an ice cream truck driver, funeral parlor and then a job at a mental hospital. She holds up on her own. Jeanette is a hero in my eyes and I really enjoyed reading this novel.
I'd have to agree with you on the "finally a happy ending" lol. It's very fulfilling to embrace her "coming out" story as well, it seems like that's a subject that everyone tiptoes around. It was also interesting to know that no matter what she stayed true to who she was and didn't allow anyone to take that away from her. I think it's important that she found the courage to love herself more than anything first, before anything else.
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