Fair Condition - Ex-library, withdrawn mark and pencil catalogue notes. Protective jacket covering wrinkled, stained and peeling at spine, corners worn. Text shown unmarked and overall pages are excellent.
In 1948, Hortense arrives in England from Jamaica with expectations that reality soon challenges. Her husband Gilbert has already encountered the contradictions of a country that accepted his wartime service but does not readily welcome him as a neighbor. Their lives become connected with Queenie, an English landlady, and her husband Bernard, whose own experiences shape his response to the changing world around him. Andrea Levy moves between their perspectives and histories to reveal the misunderstandings, hopes, and prejudices beneath ordinary encounters. Small Island is a novel about migration, belonging, and the aftermath of war, exploring how people tied to the same country can carry profoundly different ideas of what home should mean.
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