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Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit
First edition
AuthorJeanette Winterson
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
GenreSemi-autobiographical
PublisherPandora Press
Publication date
21 March 1985
Media typePrint (Paperback)
ISBN0-8021-3516-1
OCLC15792328
Followed byBoating for Beginners 

Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit is a novel by Jeanette Winterson published in 1985 by Pandora Press. It is a coming-of-age story about a lesbian who grows up in an English Pentecostal community. Key themes of the book include transition from youth to adulthood, complex family relationships, same-sex relationships, organised religion and the concept of faith.

It has been included on both GCSE and A-Level reading lists for education in England and Wales,[1] and was adapted by Winterson into a BAFTA-winning 1990 BBC television drama serial of the same name.

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