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Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit by Jeanette Winterson - 4 stars (Subdue)
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I absolutely loved Frankissstein: A Love Story, so I've always wanted to read other work by her. I might give this a read someday!
I highly recommend it. I've read three others:- Frankisstein
- The Stone Gods
- Written on the Body
I enjoyed all of them!
I have this in my TBR - the cover of the paperback lured me to purchase it. I have read and loved her Christmas Days: 12 Stories and 12 Feasts for 12 Days. I disliked The Stone Gods though appreciated what she was doing. Definitely an author I keep in view.
Joy D wrote: "I highly recommend it. I've read three others:- Frankisstein
- The Stone Gods
- Written on the Body
I enjoyed all of them!"
Nice! Thanks for the cosign :)
Theresa wrote: "I have this in my TBR - the cover of the paperback lured me to purchase it. I have read and loved her Christmas Days: 12 Stories and 12 Feasts for 12 Days. I disliked [book:The Ston..."I own a copy of Christmas Days. Maybe I'll get to it during Fall Flurries.
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Published in 1985, this is a coming-of-age story about Jeanette, adopted daughter of a religious fundamentalist mother and an inattentive father, who grows up in England in what appears to be the 1960s-1970s. She has a gift for preaching and her mother wants her to become a missionary. She hits adolescence and falls in love with another girl, which is not acceptable to her church community. The two are separated and Jeanette is forced to go through an exorcism. The primary storyline follows Jeanette’s coming of age and eventual decision to leave home. Additional folk tales of Sir Percival, the Grail Legend, wizards, witches, knights, and travelers, are scattered throughout the narrative. These ancillary stories add texture to the primary theme of the search for identity. It is written with empathy and humor. My version contained an introduction, in which Winterson explains that the core of this novel is loosely based on her own life.