Oranges Are Not The Only Fruit

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Beschreibung

<p><i><b>'Like most people I lived for a long time with my mother and father. My father liked to watch the wrestling, my mother liked to wrestle; it didn't matter what'</b></i><br><br>This is the story of Jeanette, adopted and brought up by her mother as one of God's elect. Zealous and passionate, she seems destined for life as a missionary, but then she falls for one of her converts. <br><br>At sixteen, Jeanette decides to leave the church, her home and her family, for the young woman she loves. Innovative, punchy and tender, <i>Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit</i> is a few days ride into the bizarre outposts of religious excess and human obsession.<br><br><b>'Witty... extraordinary and exhilarating' <i>The Times</i></b><br><br><b>'She is a master of her material, a writer in whom great talent abides' <i>Vanity Fair</i></b><br><br><b>'Many consider her to be the best living writer in this language... In her hands, words are fluid, radiant, humming' <i>Evening Standard</i></b><br><br><b>'A novel that deserves revisiting' <i>Observer</i></b><br><br><b>'A wonderful rites-of-passage novel' Mariella Frostrup</b></p>

Artikeldetails

EAN

9780099598183

Sprache

Englisch

Einband / Art

Taschenbuch

Maße

198 x 128 x 20 mm

Erscheinungsjahr

2014

Verlag / Hersteller

Random House UK Ltd