Oranges are Not the Only Fruit - Winterson - 3.5 stars

[Kristel]

Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit Semi-autobiographical story of Jeanette Winterson's life with her Pentecostal adoptive parents and Jeanette's coming of age and discovery of her self as lesbian. The story of oranges are not the only fruit has some very interesting devices. The oranges being the only fruit symbolizing heterosexuality among other things. The chapters of the early childhood in the names of books from the Bible. The use of myth, Perceval and Winnet added to the picture of Jeanette's life as she was disconnected from others, wandering, trying to find a place in the world.