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Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit

Paperback • 2014 • English

Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit

By Jeanette Winterson

2 Ratings • 3.5 of 5

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About the book

'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 tend...Show more

Modern and contemporary fiction: general and literary

Book details

ISBN

9780099598183

Publisher

National Geographic Books

Published year

2014

Language

English

Original title

Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit

Format

Paperback

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2 Ratings • 3.5 of 5

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