She has to stay in the hospital for several days and her mother visits her about every other day and she always brings oranges, because she beliefs they are the only fruit. Elsie is the one who takes her to the hospital when she gets (temporary) deaf. We also meet Elsie, an old lady who is part of their church as well and deemed almost holy by the members of their church. Because she talks a lot about god and uses biblical themes in her works she is disliked by her classmates. Although her mother doesn’t agree with it, Jeannette has to go to school. While reading this first chapter you really notice how conservative her mother is, for example, when she finds out Jeanette goes to visit two women living together she forbids Jeanette to visit them ever again, because it is a sin. They live in Lancashire and the church is a close community.

Her father is rarely mentioned all trough Genesis. Both of her parents are very conservative Christians, especially her mother. Jeannette is a 7-year-old and is adopted by her parents because her mum believes she’s got the holy spirit within her.

In this chapter you get to know the main character, Jeanette. The book is divided into 7 chapters named after a part of the Bible. The book is about a devoted Christian and Lesbian who gets banned from her church.ī. Write a summary in your own words of about 400-600 words. I found myself always enjoyed these simple statements a lot throughout the book.B. Title of book: Oranges Are Not The Only FruitĪ. Summarize in one sentence what the book is about. For this I like the quote 'My mother had painted the white roses red and now she claimed they grew that way'. I especially enjoyed (view spoiler) Īnd I liked how she was able to show how people wanted things to be their way despite the fact was in the opposite direction. The whole went to school and not fitted in thing was like a prelude for she discovered her sexual orientation. But once I got to the part she went to school, and had to deal with all the school teachers, things picked up for me.

In the beginning of the book, when the characters discussed things from the Bible, I had hard time to figure things out (as I am not familiar with Bible at all). But I often got lost during the stories from her imaginations in between. I finished the book today, and enjoyed it.Īs a autobiographic fiction, I felt so sad when reading it, heart broke by the fact that denied by her own community, no body to rely on, and even betrayed by friends.

Oranges are not the only