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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?
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Small Island, Andrea Levy
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- Released
- 2004
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- Title
- Small Island
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Andrea Levy
- Publisher
- Review
- Released
- 2004
- Format
- Paperback
- ISBN10
- 0755325656
- ISBN13
- 9780755325658
- Series
- Tags
- Fiction, Historical Themes, Love, Friendship, Military Fiction, Wars, World War II, British Literature, Death, England, Great Britain, Theatre Plays, Marriage, London, India, Loss, Nazism, Race, Racism, Fate, Scandals and Affairs, Post-War Era, Adolf Hitler, Migration, Immigration, RAF - Royal Air Force, Jamaica
- Original title
- Groupe zoologique humain
- Rating
- 4 out of 5
- 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?