Marina ChP

This is the story of Jeanette, adopted and brought up by her mother as one of God’s elect. Zealous and passionate, she seems destined for life as a missionary, but then she falls for one of her converts.

At sixteen, Jeanette decides to leave the church, her home and her family, for the young woman she loves. Innovative, punchy and tender, Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit is a few days ride into the bizarre outposts of religious excess and human obsession.

I used the scissors to symbolise the following things:
 

• Religion with the form of the cross.

• The conflict between Jeanette and

  her mother.

• The fact that the protagonist is a Lesbian. ‘Scissoring’ is a slang term used for a
  lesbian sex act where two partners interlock their legs.