Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit

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Author: Jeanette Winterson
Genre: Contemporary Fiction
oranges 2.jpg Synopsis

In Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit, Winterson knits a complicated picture of teenage angst through a series of layered narratives, incorporating and subverting fairytales and myths, to present a coherent whole, within which her stories can stand independently. Imaginative and mischievous, she is a born storyteller, teasing and taunting the reader to reconsider their worldview.


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  • Caitrin Armstrong's story

    Once upon a time when I was small(er), every book I read changed my life. I have been fairies, frogs, princesses and pirates. I have been to Narnia, Nibbleswick and Nazi Germany. Reading could transp...