Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit (BBC Audio Collection) (New Windmills)

by Jeanette Winterson

Gary Fisketjon (Editor)

Instead of growing up to become a missionary as her mother has planned for her, Jess Debden falls in love with another girl, rejects the strident evangelism of her family and walks out of her small Lancashire home town to go to Oxford. Other work by the author of this title includes "Sexing the Cherry".

• ISBN10: 0871131633
• ISBN13: 9780871131638
• Publish Date: 1 September 1987 (first published January 1985)
• Publish Status: Out of Stock
• Publish Country: US
• Imprint: Atlantic Monthly Press
• Edition: American ed.
• Format: Paperback (US Trade)
• Pages: 176
• Language: English

Reviews

[nannah]

I realize this is pretty much a classic, and I recognize that it's very well written and everything, but I never, ever want to read it again. In fact, I hated reading this.

Book content warnings:
homophobia
ok, extreme homophobia
racism
minor/adult sex (I'm PRETTY sure)
abuse/ child abuse

I know the importance of autobiographical works by LGBT people, I do! But sometimes, as a wlw myself, reading accounts of so much nastiness happening to people like me is ... beyond depressing. Yeah, I get how meaningful and powerful these accounts are, especial for historical reasons, but I could barely get through this.

Maybe it's just me. Maybe I just couldn't handle more homophobia, or maybe I just couldn't handle reading about an abusive household like the one I grew up in, even if the circumstances are/were completely different. I don't know. I appreciate the book and the author's experiences (and how damn strong she was and still is), but I couldn't enjoy the book.