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Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit

  • Jeanette Winterson

3.64

11 ratings

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.

At sixteen, Jeanette decides to leave the church, her home and her family, for the young woman she loves.

Genres

  • English fiction
  • Lesbians, fiction
  • Fiction, lgbtq+, lesbian
  • England, fiction
  • Fiction
  • Families
  • Lesbians
  • Teenage girls
  • Fiction, lesbian
  • Family
  • Teenage girls -- Fiction
  • Christian gays
  • Family relationships
  • Christianity and sexuality
  • Lesbians -- Fiction
  • England -- Fiction
  • Mothers and daughters
  • Mothers and daughters, fiction
  • Great britain, fiction
  • Fiction, coming of age
  • Fiction, romance, lgbtq+, lesbian
  • Lesbische vrouwen
  • Jeugdervaringen
  • Christelijk milieu
  • Romans en novellen ; vertaald
  • LGBTQ novels
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About the author

  • Jeanette Winterson

    born 1959

    3.73

    56 ratings · 59 works

Editions

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    Sel Yayincilik

    Nov 06, 2015

  • Edition cover

    4e dr.

    Pandora

    2011

  • Edition cover

    Contact

    1993

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    LUMEN

    May 18, 2017

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Piccola Biblioteca Oscar Mondadori, Mondadori

1997

  • Edition cover

    Heinemann Educational Books - Secondary Division

    July 2, 1991

  • Edition cover

    Berliner Taschenbuch Verlag

    March 1, 2002

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    New Ed edition

    Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

    July 18, 1991

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    Grove Press

    August 20, 1997

  • Edition cover

    Pandora

    1990

  • Edition cover

    Pandora

    1985

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    Vintage

    1990

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    Vintage

    1990

  • Edition cover

    1st American ed.

    Atlantic Monthly Press, Grove/Atlantic, Incorporated

    1987

  • Edition cover

    Audible Studios on Brilliance Audio, Audible Studios on Brilliance

    May 07, 2019

  • Edition cover

    Penguin Random House

    2009

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    Contemporary French Fiction

    May 02, 2013

  • Edition cover

    Audible Studios on Brilliance, Audible Studios on Brilliance Audio

    Jan 07, 2020

  • Edition cover

    Penguin Random House

    2025

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    BBC Audiobooks

    April 2, 1990

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    Pandora Press

    1985

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    Pandora Press

    1989

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    Grove Press

    1996

  • Edition cover

    Pandora

    1990

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    Penguin Random House

    2014

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    Penguin Random House

    2009

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    Penguin Random House

    2010

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    Penguin Random House

    2008

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    Grove/Atlantic, Incorporated

    2007

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    Penguin Random House

    2010

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    Penguin Random House

    2009

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    Penguin Random House

    2010

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    Penguin Random House

    2011

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    Penguin Random House

    2021

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    Penguin Random House

    2011

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    Sudamericana

    August 1991