Oranges Aren't the Only Fruit begins when Jeanette is seven years old and living with her adoptive parents in England. Jeanette's mother is very religious and her father is not around often. She feels rather alone; until the age of seven she was homeschooled. Her mother is so religious that she even taught Jeanette to read the Bible. Because Jeanette's mother is so religious, she almost brainwashes her daughter into becoming a missionary. However, once Jeanette starts school, things change. When Jeanette was seven years old, she lost her hearing. Her mother and the Church think it's something religious when it's really just an illness, so she is admitted to the hospital. When Jeanette gets better, she returns to school, but things don't get better for her. She is still an outcast. When they do a project at school, Jeanette always chooses something to do that is biblical, and because of this, she is made fun of. As Jeanette grows up, she realizes that she doesn't believe everything her church tells her. The thing she disagrees with the most is the sermon they gave on the nature of perfection. However, she always stands by her mother even though she begins to have different beliefs. As she enters her teens, she begins to think more about romance. She listens to other women talking about their husbands and wonders if she wants one. As Jeanette walks around the city center, she meets Mélanie, a girl who works in a fish store. Jeanette gets a job as a diver in a glacier, and eventually Mélanie and Jeanette become friends. Jeanette brings Melanie to church so she can be saved by Jesus. After that, they spend more and more time together, which eventually leads them to fall in love...... middle of paper ...... :79-88. Introduction to academic research. Internet. April 16, 2014. Grosz, EA and Elspeth Probyn. "Destruction." Sexy bodies: the strange carnalities of feminism. London: Routledge, 1995. 266-273. Print.Hinds, Hilary. "Oranges are not the only fruit: reaching an audience that other texts cannot reach." Immortal, invisible: lesbians and the moving image. London: Routledge, 1995. 52-69. Print. Morrison, Jago. ““Who cares about gender at a time like this?” » Love, Sex and Trouble by Jeanette Winterson. Journal of Gender Studies 15.2 (2006): 169-180. Print.Skeggs, Beverley. "Challenging the 'ordinary' woman: oranges are not the only fruit, text and spectator." Feminist cultural theory: process and production. Manchester: Manchester University Press;, 1995. 169-170. Print. Winterson, Jeanette. Oranges aren't the only fruit. New York, NY: Atlantic Monthly Press, 1987. Print.