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Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit

Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit
Jeanette Winterson

Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit is a novel by Jeanette Winterson published in 1985, which she subsequently adapted into a BBC television drama of the same name. It is a coming-of-age story about a lesbian girl who grows up in an English Pentecostal community. Key themes of the book include transition from youth to adulthood, complex family relationships, same-sex relationships, and religion.

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“I don't know how to answer. I know what I think, but words in the head are like voices underwater. They are distorted.”

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“Round and round he walked, and so learned a very valuable thing: that no emotion is the final one.”

Jeanette Winterson book Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit

Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit (1985)

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“Here is some advice. If you want to keep your own teeth, make your own sandwiches ….”

Jeanette Winterson book Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit

Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit (1985)

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“all the inevitable dying that comes with change. theres no choice that doesnt mean a loss.”

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“there are different types of infidelity, but betrayal is betrayal wherever you find it.”

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“the imprint of another life, and although you can never have that life, your fingers trace the space where it might have been, and your fingers learn a kind of braille.”

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