Small island
By: Andrea Levy
Edition: Large print ed.
Series: Orange Prize for Fiction, 2004; Whitbread Book Award
Publisher: Charnwood
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Leicester
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781843954934
Subjects: Jamaicans; Fiction; Social conditions
Description: Returning to England after the war Gilbert Joseph is treated very differently now that he is no longer in an RAF uniform. Joined by his wife Hortense, he rekindles a friendship with Queenie who takes in Jamaican lodgers. Can their dreams of a better life in England overcome the prejudice they face?
Notes: Originally published: London: Review.