Oranges are Not the Only Fruit (1989) | Episode 2

Duration: 55'15''

Synopsis

Jess, now 16, meets Melanie and falls in love. This can't be unnatural passion, they think. The pastor, the congregation and Jess's mother think something quite different.

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Other Archive resources
Oranges are Not the Only Fruit | BBC Radio 4 | 2011

Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal? | Episode 5

Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit came out in 1985 when the author was only 25. Jeanette Winterson concludes her memoir.
Oranges are Not the Only Fruit | BBC Radio 4 | 2011

Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal? | Episode 4

Jeanette Winterson reads her memoir recounting her terrifying experience of love and loss, decades into her writing career.