{"product_id":"9781784879044-oranges-are-not-the-only-fruit","title":"Oranges Are Not The Only Fruit","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJeanette Winterson's explosive first novel, a gripping coming-of-age story, a queer romance, a modern classic.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e‘I love her.’\u003cbr\u003e‘Then you do not love the Lord.’\u003cbr\u003e‘Yes, I love both of them.’\u003cbr\u003e‘You cannot.’\u003cbr\u003e'I do.''\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis is the story of Jeanette, born to be one of God's elect: adopted by a fanatical Pentecostal family and ablaze with her own zeal for the scriptures, she seems perfectly suited for the life of a missionary. But then she converts Melanie, and realises she loves this woman almost as much as she loves the Lord. How on Earth could her Church called that passion Unnatural?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBoth a groundbreaking coming-of-age novel and a pioneering work of autofiction, \u003ci\u003eOranges Are Not the Only Fruit\u003c\/i\u003e goes beyond facts into the deepest truths. Searing and tender, playful and provocative, it is a portrait of the artist as a young evangelist, re-writing her own Bible.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Witty. extraordinary and exhilarating' \u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'She is a master of her material, a writer in whom great talent abides' \u003ci\u003eVanity Fair\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Many consider her to be the best living writer in this language. In her hands, words are fluid, radiant, humming' \u003ci\u003eEvening Standard\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A novel that deserves revisiting' \u003ci\u003eObserver\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A wonderful rites-of-passage novel' Mariella Frostrup\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41540110876769,"sku":"9781784879044","price":8.51,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/stand_34495667.jpg?v=1747962401","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781784879044-oranges-are-not-the-only-fruit","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}