Title Small Island / Andrea Levy

Published London., [England] : Review, [2004] London : Review, 2004 ©2004

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Description 441 pages ; 21 cm Summary 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? Issuing Body Orange Prize for Fiction, 2004 Notes Winner of the Orange Prize 2004 Subject Historical fiction, English. Jamaicans -- England -- Fiction. Immigrants -- England -- Fiction. Man-woman relationships. Lodging-houses -- England -- London -- Fiction. Jamaicans -- England -- 1950s -- Fiction Jamaicans -- England -- London -- Fiction. Immigrants -- England -- London -- Fiction. Racism -- Fiction. Man-woman relationships -- Fiction. SUBJECT London (England) -- Social conditions http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008116058 -- 20th century http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2002012476 -- Fiction. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99001562 London (England) -- Social conditions http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008116058 -- Fiction. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99001562 Genre/Form Historical fiction. Historical fiction Historical. Belletristische Darstellung Historical fiction. LC no. 2005415917 ISBN 9780755307500 (paperback)

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