"Oranges Are Not The Only Fruit"; Jeanette Winterson

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By CarrieAnn on Monday, April 27, 1998 - 06:32 pm:
    I enjoyed this book very much and its cleverly structured chapters. There are only 8 chapters.. not a very long book (176 pages) and the chapters are so named for the first 8 books of the Old Testament. (Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy, Joshua, Judges, Ruth) which makes sense, as the young girl in the story is preparing to become a missionary.

    I'll give you the synopsis from the back of the book....

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    'Adopted into an evangelical household in the dour industrial Midlands -- where the heathen are everywhere, especially next door -- Jeanette cuts her teeth on the knowledge that she is one of God's elect. She knows all the verses to "What a Friend We Have In Jesus, " and very little about the world. Although never exactly lamblike, Jeanette embroiders grim religious mottoes and shakes her little tambourine for Jesus like a good missionary-to-be.

    But as this budding evangelical comes of age, and comes to terms with her preference for her own sex, the peculiar balance of her God-fearing household crumbles. Her mother, the pastor, and the flock go to work on Jeanette's demons, denouncing her as someone "to whom it is impossible to speak the truth." Yet Jeanette's insistence on listening to the truths of her own heart and mind -- and in reporting them with wit and passion -- makes for an unforgettable chronicle of an eccentric, moving rite of passage into adulthood.'

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    Author: Jeanette Winterson
    Copyright: 1985
    I paid : $9.95
    -Fiction-
By Christopher on Tuesday, April 28, 1998 - 03:04 am:
    Oooooh. Is it dirty?

    I'm sorry, I couldn't resist...
By CarrieAnn on Tuesday, April 28, 1998 - 10:51 am:
    Well, it's about a woman... does it matter?

    Sorry, couldn't resist either...*grin*
By Giulia on Thursday, July 16, 1998 - 10:15 am:
    Does anyone know where I can retrieve info on the telly production?
    Write to:
    greta_9@hotmail.com
By Emma on Monday, February 8, 1999 - 09:19 am:

    This book is wonderful, I LOVE IT!!!! It makes a refreshing change after all of the books I have to read for my Lit degree to read a (compulsory) book which is actually of interest to me!!

By The rock on Friday, July 2, 2004 - 07:30 am:

    peas, pie, puddin, chips and gravy

By Dangerous erin on Friday, July 2, 2004 - 07:32 am:

    i can kick you higher, than you can kick me.
    i can kick you way up into a tree

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