false 15055 16 Jeanette is a bright and rebellious orphan who is adopted into an evangelical household in the dour, industrial North of England and finds herself embroidering grim religious mottoes and shaking her little tambourine for Jesus. But as this budding missionary comes of age, and comes to terms with her unorthodox sexuality, the peculiar balance of her God-fearing household dissolves. Jeanette's insistence on listening to the truths of her own heart and mind - and on reporting them with wit and passion - makes for an unforgettable chronicle of an eccentric, moving passage into adulthood. 1411520 1985 Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit total:4723|5:1074|4:1868|3:1379|2:325|1:77| 4723 17706 6053 313 4 4 false false Fri Oct 26 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Thu Oct 25 06:30:44 -0700 2007 Mon Nov 10 00:57:33 -0800 2008 1
For me, this bit redeems all the boring parts:

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"I miss God. I miss the company of someone utterly loyal. I still don't think of God as my betrayer. The servants of God, yes, but servants by their very nature betray. I miss God who was my friend. I don't even know if God exists, but I do know that if God is you...more...]]> 4 2 false false Fri Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Thu Sep 13 11:50:37 -0700 2007 Thu Sep 13 11:55:52 -0700 2007
I’ve read this book at least 3 times since I bought it shortly after it came out in paperback.

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I loved the way it's told: the way sometimes punctuation slips out and the form becomes unconventional, and the little snippits of metaphorical fairy tales. It's also very moving; I really felt for the heroine and hated ...more...]]> 3 0 false false Thu Dec 18 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Fri Dec 05 07:41:57 -0800 2008 Tue Dec 30 18:16:05 -0800 2008 paperbackswap.com because the author was highly recommended by someone on Ravelry. HOnestly? I just didn't like it. I thought the premise was good, some bits were funny, many were poignant, but the quirkiness just detracted from the overall readability for me.

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