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25%OFFJeanette Winterson - Oranges Are Not The Only Fruit - 9780099598183 - 9780099598183
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Oranges Are Not The Only Fruit

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Description for Oranges Are Not The Only Fruit Paperback. Tells 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. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 198 x 15. Weight in Grams: 172.

'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 ... Read more

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Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Vintage
Condition
New
Number of Pages
240
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780099598183
SKU
9780099598183
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-1

About Jeanette Winterson
Jeanette Winterson CBE was born in Manchester. She published her first novel, Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit, at twenty-five. Over two decades later she revisited that material in her internationally bestselling memoir Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal?. Winterson has written thirteen novels for adults and two previous collections of short stories, as well as children's books, ... Read more

Reviews for Oranges Are Not The Only Fruit
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...Winterson maintains a balance of tone, a trueness of voice... It remains one of ... Read more

Goodreads reviews for Oranges Are Not The Only Fruit


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