{"product_id":"oranges-are-not-the-only-fruit","title":"Oranges are Not the Only Fruit","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eJeanette Winterson's explosive first novel, a gripping coming-of-age story, a queer romance, a modern classic. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"‘I love her.’\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e‘Then you do not love the Lord.’\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e‘Yes, I love both of them.’\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e‘You cannot.’\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e'I do.'\"\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis 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.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHow 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. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e'Witty...extraordinary and exhilarating' The Times\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e'She is a master of her material, a writer in whom great talent abides' Vanity Fair\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e'Many consider her to be the best living writer in this language... In her hands, words are fluid, radiant, humming' Evening Standard\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e'A novel that deserves revisiting' Observer\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e'A wonderful rites-of-passage novel' Mariella Frostrup\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Book House (Thame)","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55747981902209,"sku":null,"price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0280\/7873\/5421\/files\/9781784879044.jpg?v=1780244360","url":"https:\/\/shop.thebookhousethame.co.uk\/products\/oranges-are-not-the-only-fruit","provider":"The Book House Thame","version":"1.0","type":"link"}