A beautiful hardback edition of Jeanette Wintersons explosive first novel a gripping comingofage story a queer romance a modern classicI love herThen you do not love the LordYes I love both of themYou cannotI doThis is the story of Jeanette born to be one of Gods 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 How on Earth could her Church called that passion UnnaturalBoth a groundbreaking comingofage 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 rewriting her own BibleWitty extraordinary and exhilarating The TimesShe is a master of her material a writer in whom great talent abides Vanity FairMany consider her to be the best living writer in this language In her hands words are fluid radiant humming Evening StandardVintage Quarterbound Classics Bound to be beautiful
