0099598183 
Paperback Oranges are not the only fruit / Jeanette Winterson.
Publication year: 2014
Format: Paperback
Publisher: London : Vintage Books,
Resource type: Physical
ISBN: 9780099598183 (pbk.) :
Notes: Originally published: London: Pandora, 1985. 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 16, Jeanette decides to leave the church, her home and her family for the young woman she loves. 'Like most people I lived for a long time with my mother and father. My father liked to watch the wrestling, my mother liked to wrestle; it didn't matter what'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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xvi, 224 pages ; 20 cm
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