by Gillian Slovo (Author)
When the genteely impoverished and rebellious Evelyn marries the charming Emil, scion of a privileged Sinhalese family, she thinks that her dream of a life in England can now at last come true. So the family travel, with their young son Milton, from Ceylon to Tilbury Docks. But this is England in the 1950s and, no matter how hard Evelyn wishes that it would, England does not take kindly to strangers, especially families who are half black and half white. A profound and moving novel, this is the story about the search to feel at home in your own skin.
Format: Paperback
Pages: 384
Edition: Reprint
Publisher: Virago
Published: 04 Jun 2009
ISBN 10: 1844083136
ISBN 13: 9781844083138
Book Overview: * From the author of ICE ROAD, shortlisted for the Orange Prize, comes a love story that cuts across race and culture