Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit by Jeanette Winterson [FIRST EDITION PAPERBACK] 1987

Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit by Jeanette Winterson

FIRST EDITION PAPERBACK [1987] ATLANTIC MONTHLY PRESS

Excellent reading copy with some wear and a small stain to top of cover.  Price sticker on back.  Inside is clean, white & unmarked.  First edition pb. 

This is the story of Jeanette, adopted and brought up by her mother as one of God's elect. Zealous and passionate, she seems seems destined for life as a missionary, but then she falls for one of her converts.  At sixteen, Jeanette decides to leave the church, her home and her family, for the young woman she loves. Innovative, punchy and tender,  Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit is a few days ride into the bizarre outposts of religious excess and human obsession.