Oranges Are Not The Only Fruit

<p><b>'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'</b><br><br>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.<br><br>At sixteen Jeanette faces a world of uncertainty as she breaks from the church and her community for the young woman she loves. <i>Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit</i> is a warm witty and daring novel that gives voice to irrepressible desire.<br><br><b>Meet ten of literature's most iconic heroines jacketed in bold portraits by female photographers from around the world.</b></p> 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 <b>Jeanette Winterson</b> 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 sixteen 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 <i>Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit</i> at twenty-five. Over two decades later she revisited that material in her internationally bestselling memoir <i>Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal? </i>Winterson has written thirteen novels for adults and two previous collections of short stories 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. <p><b>'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'</b><br><br>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.<br><br>At sixteen Jeanette faces a world of uncertainty as she breaks from the church and her community for the young woman she loves. <i>Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit</i> is a warm witty and daring novel that gives voice to irrepressible desire.<br><br><b>Meet ten of literature's most iconic heroines jacketed in bold portraits by female photographers from around the world.</b></p>