Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit

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Charlotte Coleman

Geraldine McEwan

Kenneth Cranham

David Thewlis

Cathryn Bradshaw

Emily Aston

Tania Rodrigues

Mark Aspinall

Beeban Kidron

Phillippa Giles

Jeanette Winterson

Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit: Episode 3

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Cissy Fields, the local undertaker, takes Jess in when Mother and flock disown her.

Jess meets Katy, who replaces Melanie in her affections. Her one true friend Elsie is ailing, and local undertaker Cissy Fields takes her in when Mother and flock disown her.

Jess, one year older and seemingly rehabilitated, returns to grace, taking Pastor Finch's sermon at the Blackpool Beach Mission. She meets Katy who replaces Melanie in her affections when it becomes obvious that Melanie has put the past behind her. Her one true friend Elsie is ailing and Cissy Fields, the local undertaker, takes her in when Mother and flock disown her, finally deciding that she is lost. But Jess dreams of books and Oxford.

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