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Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit

Pages
162
Published
1991
Language
English

Synopsis

Jeanette was raised in a strict Pentecostal household, groomed for a life of missionary work. Her world is turned upside down when she falls for a woman who becomes one of her converts. At sixteen, Jeanette must choose between the rigid faith she's always known and the love that calls her away from her family and community.

About the author

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Jeanette Winterson

Jeanette Winterson is an British author. Her first book, Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit, was a semi-autobiographical novel about a lesbian growing up in an English Pentecostal community. Other novels explore gender polarities and sexual identity and later ones the relations between humans and technology. She has received an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) and a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) for services to literature, and is a Fellow of the Royal Society o...

Characters

JeanetteProtagonist
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