Jamaica Street

Jamaica Street

by SallyWorboyes (Author)

Synopsis

Errol Turner, a handsome and determined young man from Jamaica, has found the woman of his dreams in the East End of London.



Errol's only assets on arrival at Southampton in the summer of 1955 were his father's old sewing machine, a few pounds in his pocket and a touching faith in the greatness of Britain. Four years later, in love with the charismatic Rita, he is making his mark as a tailor - but in the aftermath of the race riots, racial hatred still simmers throughout London, endangering all their hopes.



Rita's best friend Maggie and her flamboyant great aunt Naomi try to ease the couple's fears. But far more sinister activities are going on under their own roof. When a woman is found murdered, vicious rumours and suspicions explode. It will take grit and cunning to bring the killer to light - and a true testing of friendship.

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More Information

Format: Paperback
Pages: 384
Edition: New edition
Publisher: Hodder Paperbacks
Published: 14 Mar 2005

ISBN 10: 0340735015
ISBN 13: 9780340735015

Media Reviews
'A vivid evocation of a way of life' East Anglian Daily Times
'A pleasure to read' Prize Magazine
'Unbridled passions run riot' - Daily Mail
'Sizzles with passion' - Guardian
'A rich, vivid, three-dimensional and gutsy narrative' - Eastern Daily Press
'An excellent book combining humour and passion' Telegraph and Argus
Author Bio
Sally Worboyes was born and grew up in Stepney with four brothers and a sister, and she brings some of the raw history of her own family background to her East End sagas. She now lives in Norfolk with her husband, with whom she has three grown-up children. She has written several plays which have been broadcast on Anglia Television and Radio Four. She also adapted her own play and novel, WILD HOPS, as a musical, THE HOP-PICKERS.