Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit

LGBT Literary Fiction

Author: Jeanette Winterson

An alternative cover edition for this ISBN can be found hereJeanette, the protagonist of Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit and the author’s namesake, has issues–“unnatural” ones: her adopted mam thinks she’s the Chosen one from God; she’s beginning to fancy girls; and an orange demon keeps popping into her psyche. Already Jeanette Winterson’s semi-autobiographical first nove….Read More

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