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Small Island, Levy, Andrea, Used; Good Book

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    Item specifics

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    EAN
    9780755307500
    ISBN
    075530750X
    Publication Name
    Small Island

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    It is 1948, and England is recovering from a war. But at 21 Nevern Street, London, the conflict has only just begun. Queenie Bligh s neighbours do not approve when she agrees to take in Jamaican lodgers, but Queenie doesn t know when her husband will return, or if he will come back at all. What else can she do? Gilbert Joseph was one of the several thousand Jamaican men who joined the RAF to fight against Hitler. Returning to England as a civilian he finds himself treated very differently. It s desperation that makes him remember a wartime friendship with Queenie and knock at her door. Gilbert s wife Hortense, too, had longed to leave Jamaica and start a better life in England. But when she joins him she is shocked to find London shabby, decrepit, and far from the golden city of her dreams. Even Gilbert is not the man she thought he was.

    Product Identifiers

    Publisher
    Headline Publishing Group
    ISBN-13
    9780755307500
    eBay Product ID (ePID)
    87918562

    Product Key Features

    Book Title
    Small Island: Winner of the 'best of the Best' Orange Prize
    Number of Pages
    560 Pages
    Language
    English
    Publication Year
    2004
    Topic
    True Stories, Books, World War II
    Genre
    Historical
    Type
    Novel
    Author
    Andrea Levy
    Format
    Paperback

    Dimensions

    Item Height
    198 mm
    Item Weight
    380 g
    Item Width
    128 mm

    Additional Product Features

    Country/Region of Manufacture
    United Kingdom
    Title_Author
    Andrea Levy

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        Enjoyable and thought provoking

        Although it is fiction, this book highlights the plight of the Windrush generation, and provokes a lot of thought regarding the way black people were, and in some cases still are, being treated. It also brings out how cultural differences can lead to misunderstandings between different cultures, and how intolerant and ignorant people can be towards these differences. Despite covering some very sad and anger- provoking scenarios, there is a great deal of laugh-out loud humour in the book, which lightens it enormously. It is not a can't-put-it down book, but it is a book that I did want to keep going back to; a quiet read that I wanted to keep reading. The end came unexpectedly though- I wanted to know more!

        Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-ownedSold by: musicmagpie

      • Social history of war and prejudice

        I loved this book for its attempt at insights about how immigrants and the British came to live together after World War 2. Prejudice was bad but not universally. Living with difference was relatively new in Britain apart from perhaps the huge prejudice against the Irish. The book follows the lives of a handful of characters and we see things through their eyes. I would recommend it.

        Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-ownedSold by: worldofbooks08

      • Hidden history

        I loved this story, for it's great characters - funny, sad, heartbreaking, and for revealing a part of our history that I new little of. The storyline grabbed me and I couldn't wait to pick it up again after each session. Post war Britain and immigration, a story tellers cookie jar.

        Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-ownedSold by: mad4books-uk

      • Am I really welcome here?

        A well written account in the form of a novel highlighting the difficulties and obstacles faced by the new arrivals from the Caribbean in coming to a society geared to the ambitions and priorities of a white indigenous population in the UK.

        Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-ownedSold by: julies.bookshop

      • Small island

        Very well written book , the author captures the voices of all the characters beautifully.

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