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Oranges are Not the Only Fruit by Winterson, Jeanette

ISBN: 9780099598183 PUBLISHER: Vintage FORMAT: Paperback PAGES: 240 PUBLICATION DATE: 4.09.2014 DIMENSIONS: 19.8 x 12.9 x 1.6 centimetres 6.4 ounces

DESCRIPTION: 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. With a new introduction by the author. "She is a master of her material, a writer in whom great talent abides". "Vanity Fair". "Many consider her to be the best living writer in this language...In her hands, words are fluid, radiant, humming". (Evening Standard). "A novel that deserves revisiting". (Observer). "A wonderful rites-of-passage novel". (Mariella Frostrup).

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