A comprehensive literature guide to jeanette winterson's autobiographical novel about growing up as a lesbian in a pentecostal family Find plot summary, analysis, themes, quotes, characters, symbols, and more. A short summary of jeanette winterson's oranges are not the only fruit This free synopsis covers all the crucial plot points of oranges are not the only fruit. Oranges are not the only fruit With geraldine mcewan, elizabeth spriggs, freda dowie, peter gordon
Jessica, raised in a fanatical cult, endures brainwashing until her forbidden relationship with melanie opens her eyes. 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. Oranges are not the only fruit, first published work by british writer jeanette winterson, published in 1985
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