It is 1948 in an England still shaken by war. At 21 Nevern Street, London, Queenie Bligh takes into her house lodgers who have recently arrived from Jamaica. What else could she do when her husband, Bernard, never returned from his RAF wartime posting to India Among her tenants are Gilbert and his new wife Hortense. Gilbert Joseph was one of the several thousand Jamaican men who joined the RAF to fight against Hitler. Returning to England after the war he finds himself treated very differently now that he is no longer in a ...
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It is 1948 in an England still shaken by war. At 21 Nevern Street, London, Queenie Bligh takes into her house lodgers who have recently arrived from Jamaica. What else could she do when her husband, Bernard, never returned from his RAF wartime posting to India Among her tenants are Gilbert and his new wife Hortense. Gilbert Joseph was one of the several thousand Jamaican men who joined the RAF to fight against Hitler. Returning to England after the war he finds himself treated very differently now that he is no longer in a blue uniform. Desperation makes him remember a wartime friendship with Queenie and knock at her door. Hortense shared Gilbert's dream of leaving Jamaica and coming to England to start a better life. But when she at last joins her husband, she is shocked by London's shabbiness and horrified at the way the English live. Even Gilbert is not the man she thought he was. Queenie's neighbours do not approve of her choice of tenants, and neither would her husband, were he there. Through the stories of these people, SMALL ISLAND explores a point in England's past when the country began to change.
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Add this copy of Small Island to cart. $13.96, very good condition, Sold by Books of the World rated 3.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Arlington, VA, UNITED STATES, published 2004 by Headline Review.
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Near Fine. London: Headline Review, 2004. Paperback. First Edition, second paperback p rinting. Near Fine. Interior unmarked. Spine straight and tight but creased. Covers clean. Stickers from Giggles Bookshop, Madras, India to rear cover. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. 441 pages. Winner of the Whitbread, Orange and Commonwealth Writer's Prizes. Hortense shared Gilbert's dream of leaving Jamaica and coming to England to start a better life. But when she at last joins her husband, she is shocked by London's shabbiness and horrified at the way the English live. Even Gilbert is not the man she thought he was. Queenie's neighbours do not approve of her choice of tenants, and neither would her husband, were he there. Through the stories of these people, Small Island explores a point in England's past when the country began to change.
Add this copy of Small Island to cart. $14.99, very good condition, Sold by Brit Books rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Milton Keynes, BUCKINGHAMSHIRE, UNITED KINGDOM, published 2004 by Headline Book Publishing.
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Very Good. No Jacket as Issued. Book. Signed by Author(s) Signed by Andrea Levy on the title page with no inscription; a bit of edge wear to card covers; otherwise a solid, clean copy with no marking or underlining; removable "Autographed" sticker on front cover.
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Used: Very good. Size: 94x123x20; Prompt shipment, with tracking. we ship in CLEAN SECURE boxes Contemporary Fiction; Very good trade paperback; some crease and nicks to edges; tanned pages; tips bumped; clean pages; prompt shipping with tracking.
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Book was too slow in parts for me.
Good topic however.
GingerBread
Jul 17, 2009
Boring
This book is full of things we have all heard before.
It is boring and it is hard to keep the characters straight.
Don't waste your time.
quasar
Dec 28, 2008
Jamaican imigrants move to England after WW II , hoping to find jobs and a better life, instead face racial and cultural discrimination. Each character's vioce is clear and distinct as the story progresses. I think this is Levy's first book. Wow!
