However, the narrator misses Louise so much that the only way to deal with it is to learn all there is to know about the human body. The narrator spends almost a year away from Louise, imagining her going through her treatments with Elgin at her side. Elgin promises that if the narrator will walk away, Louise will come back and consent to the treatment. The narrator goes to Elgin and is told that Louise needs to have treatment at his research labs in Switzerland. Louise's doctors are doing tests, but are sure that she does not need treatment while she is without symptoms. Louise swears that the illness is minor and that she is not having symptoms. The narrator is shocked and insists that Louise tell all. However, Elgin comes to the narrator to tell of Louise's battle with leukemia. For several months they share a blissful relationship. The narrator and Louise move in together. However, Elgin eventually has enough of their relationship. For a time Louise and the narrator carry on their relationship in her husband's house. Louise tells her husband about their affair, also reluctant to live with lies. The narrator is not bothered by Jacqueline's anger and instead focuses on Louise. Jacqueline takes the news with outrage, destroying the apartment she shared with the narrator in an attempt to injure in response to her own pain. The narrator tells Jacqueline right away, allowing her the dignity of walking away before the lies become too much to overcome. The narrator hesitates, but there is something about Louise that promises a better life. Unfortunately, Louise is married meaning a relationship with her will mean the same old habit as before. When Louise comes onto the scene, the narrator sees in her everything that Jacqueline lacks. Jacqueline is kind, gentle, and everything a mate needs in a long term relationship. However, after one such affair ends in terrible heartache, the narrator decides to attempt a more mundane relationship with a woman who does not excite, but comforts. The narrator craved the excitement of such a relationship. The narrator had a habit of falling in love with married women. Written on the Body is a story of love with all the stereotypes removed, leaving in its place the purity of love between human beings, not gender or sexuality. The narrator made the choice alone and comes to regret it. However, the narrator came to a point in their relationship where a choice between happiness and Louise's life had to be made.

The narrator, after a long string of fatal love affairs, finally found a soul mate in Louise. The novel is about an unnamed narrator who is grieving the loss of love. Written on the Body by Jeanette Winterson is an erotic tale of love.

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