Oranges Are Not The Only Fruit
Jeanette Winterson
'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 is a few days ride into the bizarre outposts of religious excess and human obsession.
'Witty… extraordinary and exhilarating' The Times
'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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Reviews for Oranges Are Not The Only Fruit
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 the finest things Winterson has written
Observer
Still extraordinary, still brilliant
Metro
Even at a time when so many good and interesting novels are coming out, hers stand out as performances of real originality and extraordinary promise
John Bayley Wonderful rites-of-passage novel... where the author's blossoming Sapphic nature leads her to eschew her mothers proffered favourite
Mariella Frostrup It is very funny, with an Alan Bennett sort of humour, beautifully written, quirky and likely to cause much tuttutting in conservative quarters
Daily Mail
This lesbian coming of age story set in northern England doesn't seem to have aged a bit
Independent
An instant classic
Rosemary Goring
Herald
You'll find everything you need to know about mustering the courage to embrace your true self and live life without fear in Winterson's hugely engaging semi-autobiographical novel
Mariella Frostrup
Sunday Times