Jamaica Road
ISBN: 9780349703589
Autorius : Lisa Smith
Leidimo metai: 2025
Leidėjas: Dialogue Books
Puslapių skaičius: 448
Leidinio kalba: Anglų
Formatas: Minkšti viršeliai
Formatas: 232×152
Autorius : Lisa Smith
Leidimo metai: 2025
Leidėjas: Dialogue Books
Puslapių skaičius: 448
Leidinio kalba: Anglų
Formatas: Minkšti viršeliai
Formatas: 232×152
Aprašymas
South London, 1981: Daphne is the only Black girl in her class. All she wants is to keep her head down, preferably in a book. The easiest way to survive is to go unnoticed.Daphne's attempts at invisibility are upended when a boy named Connie Small arrives from Jamaica. Connie is the opposite of small in every way: lanky, outgoing, and unapologetically himself. Daphne tries to keep her distance, but Connie is magnetic, and they form an intense bond. As they navigate growing up in a volatile, rapidly changing city, their families become close, and their friendship begins to shift into something more complicated. But when Connie reveals that he is 'nuh land' - meaning he's in England illegally - Daphne realizes that she is dangerously entangled in Connie's fragile home life. Soon, long-buried secrets in both families threaten to tear them apart permanently.Spanning one tumultuous decade, from the industrial docklands of the Thames to the sandy beaches of Calabash Bay, Jamaica Road is a deftly plotted and emotionally expansive debut novel about race and class, the family you're born with and the family you choose and the limits of what true love can really conquer.
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