Oranges Are Not The Only Fruit Av Jeanette Winterson

<p><i><b>''Like most people I lived for a long time with my mother and father. My father liked to watch the wrestling, my mother liked to wrestle; it didn''t matter what''</b></i><br><br>This is the story of Jeanette, adopted and brought up by her mother as one of God''s elect. Zealous and passionate, she seems destined for life as a missionary, but then she falls for one of her converts. <br><br>At sixteen, Jeanette decides to leave the church, her home and her family, for the young woman she loves. Innovative, punchy and tender, <i>Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit</i> is a few days ride into the bizarre outposts of religious excess and human obsession.<br><br><b>''Witty¿ extraordinary and exhilarating'' <i>The Times</i></b><br><br><b>''She is a master of her material, a writer in whom great talent abides'' <i>Vanity Fair</i></b><br><br><b>''Many consider her to be the best living writer in this language... In her hands, words are fluid, radiant, humming'' <i>Evening Standard</i></b><br