Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit 橘子不是唯一的水果

Oranges Are Not The Only Fruit Jeanette Winterson For Gill Saunders and Fang the Cat `When thick rinds are used the top must be thoroughly skimmed, or a scum will form marring the final appearence.' —From The Making of Marmalade by Mrs Beeton `Oranges are not the only fruit' —Nell Gwynn Genesis Like most people I lived for a long time with my mother and father. My father liked to watch the wrestling, my mother liked to wrestle; it didn't matter what. She was in the white corner and that was that. She hung out the largest sheets on the windiest days. She wanted the Mormons to knock on the door. At election time in a Labour mill town she put a picture of the Conservative candidate in the window. She had never heard of mixed feelings. There were friends and there were enemies. Enemies were: ● The Devil (in his many forms) ● Next Door ● Sex (in its many forms) ● Slugs Friends were: ● God ● Our dog ● Auntie Madge ● The Novels of Charlotte Brontë ● Slug pellets and me, at first. I had been brought in to join her in a tag match against the Rest of the World. She had a mysterious attitude towards......