Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit

What is jeanette mother  like ?
Religion is important to her.Jeanette's  mother adopted jeanette because she wanted her daughter to be a servant of god. she is controlling and very strict, when it come down to religion.

What foreshadowing do we have in these early chapters that this will be coming-out novel?
 In this early chapter the foreshadowing ,when the gypsy woman's comes out from nowhere grabs  jeanette hand and predict that jeanette will not marry.
jeanette also receive a gifts  a Banana bar.


why are the chapters all named after the first eight books of the Christian old testament?
Jeanette grow up in very strict , christian religion, It is named after the old testament because she can express and tell her story. The first chapter the Genesis "creation of the world or the new beginning. she relate her  story to the old testament,