Oranges Are Not The Only Fruit
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- Paperback
256 pages
- Release Date
18 January 2022
Summary
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 break…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781784877484 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1784877484 |
| Author: | Jeanette Winterson |
| Publisher: | Vintage Publishing |
| Imprint: | Vintage Classics |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 256 |
| Release Date: | 18 January 2022 |
| Weight: | 188g |
| Dimensions: | 197mm x 129mm x 18mm |
| Series: | Vintage Heroines |
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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 *Characterised by Winterson’s bold and experimental style, this is a book with darkness and light about what it means to live your own truth * iNews *
About The Author
Jeanette Winterson
Jeanette Winterson CBE was born in Manchester. Adopted by Pentecostal parents she was raised to be a missionary. This did and didn’t work out. Discovering early the power of books she left home at 16 to live in a Mini and get on with her education. After graduating from Oxford University she worked for a while in the theatre and published her first novel at 25. Oranges Are Not The Only Fruit is based on her own upbringing but using herself as a fictional character. She scripted the novel into a BAFTA-winning BBC drama. 27 years later she re-visited that material in the bestselling memoir Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal? She has written 12 novels for adults, as well as children’s books, non-fiction and screenplays. She is Professor of New Writing at the University of Manchester. She lives in the Cotswolds in a wood and in Spitalfields, London. She believes that art is for everyone and it is her mission to prove it.
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