num_pages: 160
description: In the reign of Charles II, Jordan and his mother, the Dog-Woman, live on the banks of the stinking Thames, where they take in sights ranging from the first pineapple in London to Royalist heads on pikes. As a young man, Jordan leaves to travel the world, seeking wonder and knowledge, and learns that every journey conceals another within it. Sexing The Cherry celebrates the power of the imagination as it playfully juggles with our perceptions of history and reality; love and sex; lies and truths; and the twelve dancing princesses who lived happily ever after, but not with their husbands.
language: English
title: Sexing the Cherry
titlecomplete: Sexing the Cherry
characters: Dog Woman
genres: Fiction, Magical Realism, Queer, LGBT, Literature, Novels, Contemporary, Historical Fiction, Fantasy, Literary Fiction
ratings_count: 17291
publisher: Vintage