Oranges are not the only fruit

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Jeanette Winterson: Oranges are not the only fruit (1996, Grove Press)

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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.

176 páginas

Idioma English

Publicado el 12 de julio de 1996 por Grove Press.

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Número OCLC:
40215550

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Temas
  • Teenage girls -- England -- Fiction
  • Lesbians -- England -- Fiction
  • Family -- England -- Fiction

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A beautiful but often traumatic navigation of coming out as queer in a fiercely Pentecostal family in Lancashire. Jeanette is brought up to be a missionary but when she falls for a girl the religious fervour of her family come own in the form of exorcisms and exile.

I’d also recommend ‘Why be Happy When You Could be Normal?’, which is Winterson’s autobiographical account of the time Oranges was based on.