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Oranges are not the only fruit

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This is the story of Jeanette, adopted and brought up by her mother as one of God's elect.

Zealous and passionate, she seems destined for life as a missionary, but then she falls for one of her converts.

At sixteen, Jeanette decides to leave the church, her home and her family, for the young woman she loves.

Innovative, punchy and tender, "Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit" is a few days ride into the bizarre outposts of religious excess and human obsession.

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Vintage
0099935708 / 9780099935704
Paperback
823.914
05/09/1991
United Kingdom
English
Contemporary classics
xv, 171 p.
20 cm
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Reprint. Originally published: London: Pandora, 1985.
"Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit", was the winner of the Whitbread First Novel Award in 1985. Janette Winterson also wrote "The Passion", which won the 1987 John Llewellyn Rhys Memorial Prize.
"Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit", was the winner of the Whitbread First Novel Award in 1985. Janette Winterson also wrote "The Passion", which won the 1987 John Llewellyn Rhys Memorial Prize. FA Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)