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Oranges Are Not The Only Fruit

Jeanette Winterson

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Vintage
17 June 2025
VINTAGE QUARTERBOUND CLASSICS- Bound to be beautiful

A beautiful hardback edition of Jeanette Winterson's explosive first novel- a gripping coming-of-age story, a queer romance, a modern classic.

'I love her.' 'Then you do not love the Lord.' 'Yes, I love both of them.' 'You cannot.' 'I do.''

This 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?

Both a groundbreaking coming-of-age novel and a pioneering work of autofiction, Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit 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.

'Witty... extraordinary and exhilarating' The Times

'She is a master of her material, a writer in whom great talent abides' Vanity Fair

'Many consider her to be the best living writer in this language... In her hands, words are fluid, radiant, humming' Evening Standard

Vintage Quarterbound Classics- Bound to be beautiful
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Imprint:   Vintage
Country of Publication:   United Kingdom
Dimensions:   Height: 205mm,  Width: 135mm,  Spine: 24mm
Weight:   304g
ISBN:   9781529954470
ISBN 10:   1529954479
Series:   Vintage Quarterbound Classics
Pages:   256
Publication Date:  
Audience:   General/trade ,  ELT Advanced
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Forthcoming

Jeanette Winterson CBE was born in Manchester. She published her first novel, Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit, at twenty-five. Over two decades later she revisited that material in her internationally bestselling memoir Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal?. 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.

Reviews for Oranges Are Not The Only Fruit

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—Mariella Frostrup, Sunday Times


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