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Foreign Fruit
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Type: Paperback
ISBN: 9781837261178
Date: 9th April, 2026
Publisher: Canongate
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WINNER OF SCOTLAND'S NATIONAL BOOK AWARDS FOR DEBUT NON-FICTION WINNER OF THE FORTNUM & MASON DEBUT FOOD BOOK AWARD SHORTLISTED FOR THE JHALAK PRIZE 2026 A DEBUTIFUL BEST NON-FICTION BOOK OF THE YEAR 'A bold new voice' IRISH TIMES 'Visceral . . . I could feel every word' ANGELA HUI 'Thoughtful, poetic and clear-sighted' CECILE PIN The orange is a souvenir of history. Across time, it has been a harbinger of God and doom, fortune and failure, pleasure and suffering. It is a fruit containing metaphors, dreams, mythologies, superstitions, parables and histories within its tough rind. So, what happens when the fruit is peeled and each segment - each moment of history, each meaning in time - is pulled apart? In this distinct, subversive and intimate hybrid memoir, Katie Goh explores the orange as a means of understanding the world, and herself within it. What she reveals is violence, colonialism, resilience, survival, adaptation - and unexpected beauty and sweetness against all odds.