Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit

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by Jeanette Winterson

This is the story of Jeanette, adopted and brought up by her mother as one of God's elect. Zealous and passionate, she seems 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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I seem to have run in a great circle, and met myself again on the starting line.

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I seem to have run in a great circle, and met myself again on the starting line.

— Jeanette Winterson, Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit