{"id":1303,"date":"2016-05-04T15:30:30","date_gmt":"2016-05-04T10:00:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fableandi.com\/?p=1303"},"modified":"2020-04-04T21:35:12","modified_gmt":"2020-04-04T16:05:12","slug":"book-review-oranges-are-not-the-only-fruit-by-jeanette-winterson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thebooksatchel.com\/book-review-oranges-are-not-the-only-fruit-by-jeanette-winterson\/","title":{"rendered":"Book Review: Oranges are Not the Only Fruit by Jeanette Winterson"},"content":{"rendered":"
Jeanette, the protagonist of Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit<\/em> and the author’s namesake, pens down her life as an adopted child raised in Northern England and brought up on Bible Scriptures. Her mother thinks she is the Chosen one from God; Jeanette is beginning to fancy girls; and she tries to define her relationship with her mother, God and self.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Oranges are not the only Fruit<\/em> is the story of a girl named Jeanette, growing up in Northern England as part of a small evangelical Christian church in which her mother is one of the most important local figures. She is fed on Bible scriptures and informed that schools are \u2018Breeding grounds\u2019 and neighbours and friends are \u2018devils\u2019. Due to pressure from the local welfare committee Jeanette is forced to join school, and she begins reading books, thus opening her eyes to a world beyond her mother\u2019s teachings. She still loves God, but at fifteen she feels attracted to another woman resulting in a heavily disturbed heart of what is right and wrong.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n