A woman who, with her lesbian partner, runs the town paper shop. She and her partner are kind to Jeanette, and offer her sweets, but when Jeanette tells her mother that the women have invited her to the seaside for the weekend, Jeanette’s mother forbids her from returning to the shop. As Jeanette grows older, she and her mother run into Ida quite frequently, and Jeanette’s mother is just barely tolerant of Ida’s presence.
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Ida Character Timeline in Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit
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...her raincoat on and join her. On the bus downtown, they run into May and Ida, one of the women who runs the paper shop. Ida remarks on how grown up...
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...time to go to a nearby pub, where they have plans to meet up with Ida and May. When Jeanette turns around, Melanie is gone. While Jeanette’s mother, Ida, and May...
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