Oranges Are Not The Only Fruit
By Jeanette Winterson
Harry Hartog's review
This novel-cum-autobiography is a postmodern classic. On the surface, it is the coming out story of a young girl raised in a Pentacostal household; however, Winterson uses her experience to explore the multiplicity of truth, faith and identity. This is a surprising novel that stays with you. Despite sharing some deeply personal and traumatic memories, Winterson's narrative voice is genuinely funny. Everyone should read this!
Description
Meet ten of literature's most iconic heroines, jacketed in bold portraits by female photographers from around the world
'At that time I could not imagine what would become of me, and I didn't care. It was not judgement day, but another morning'
This is the story of Jeanette, adopted and brought up by working-class evangelists in the North of England to be one of God's elect. Passionate, headstrong and shielded by her mother's grand disapproval of a sinful world, she seems destined for life as a missionary. And then she meets Melanie.
At sixteen, Jeanette faces a world of uncertainty as she breaks from the church and her community for the young woman she loves. Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit is a warm, witty and daring novel that gives voice to irrepressible desire.
Meet ten of literature's most iconic heroines, jacketed in bold portraits by female photographers from around the world.
- ISBN:
- 9781784877484
- Format:
- Paperback
- Pages:
- 256
- Published:
- Publisher:
- Vintage Publishing
- Imprint:
- Vintage Classics
- Weight:
- 181 g