After this the two of them didn’t talk often and her mom seemed to be worried about something up until a day of big cleaning at home. It is during Joshua, the next chapter, that Jeanette tells her mother about her feelings for Melanie, but again she was very stoic. They get really close and develop some sort of romantic relationship. Here Melanie realises she needs Jesus in her life and they study the bible together every Monday. At the end of the chapter she meets this girl called Melanie, who comes to church with her one time. For Jeanette these are the first moments she realises she may be a lesbian. At this point she tells her mom about these dreams, but she hardly reacts at all. Every night she dreams about her spouse turning into something else, be it a pig or her mom or even no one at all. In this dream she struggles to get to the altar. In Numbers, Jeanette has a reoccurring nightmare of her wedding. However, the oranges make a comeback in a story told at this market. In Leviticus, the third chapter is not that important for the story, it describes a convention in the name of god, organised by Jeannette’s mother. 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. B. Title of book: Oranges Are Not The Only FruitĪ. Summarize in one sentence what the book is about.
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