The Resource Small island, Andrea Levy
Small island, Andrea Levy
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The item Small island, Andrea Levy represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Westfield Washington Public Library.
This item is available to borrow from 1 library branch.
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- Summary
- "Hortense Joseph arrives in London from Jamaica in 1948 with her life in her suitcase, her heart broken, her resolve intact. Her husband, Gilbert Joseph, returns from the war expecting to be recieved as a hero, but finds his status as a black man in Britain to be second class. His white landlady, Queenie, raised as a farmers daughter, befriends Gilbert, and later Hortense, with innocence and courage, until the unexpected arrival of her husband, Bernard, who returns from combat with issues of his own to resolve." From the book jacket
- Language
- eng
- Label
- Small island
- Title
- Small island
- Statement of responsibility
- Andrea Levy
- Subject
-
- trueBooks to movies
- trueEngland -- Immigration and emigration
- trueEngland -- Race relations
- true1940s -- 1940 -- 1949
- trueAdaptability (Psychology)
- trueAdult books for young adults
- trueInterracial friendship
- Jamaicans -- England | London -- Fiction
- trueJamaicans in Great Britain
- trueLandlord and tenant -- England
- trueLiterary fiction
- London (England) -- Fiction
- trueMultiple perspectives
- truePostwar life
- truePrejudice
- trueRace relations
- trueRacism
- Racism -- Fiction
- trueWorld War II -- England -- Post-war aspects
- trueWorld War II veterans
- trueEngland -- Social conditions -- 20th century
- trueHistorical fiction
- trueHusband and wife
- Immigrants -- England | London -- Fiction
- trueImmigration and emigration
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "Hortense Joseph arrives in London from Jamaica in 1948 with her life in her suitcase, her heart broken, her resolve intact. Her husband, Gilbert Joseph, returns from the war expecting to be recieved as a hero, but finds his status as a black man in Britain to be second class. His white landlady, Queenie, raised as a farmers daughter, befriends Gilbert, and later Hortense, with innocence and courage, until the unexpected arrival of her husband, Bernard, who returns from combat with issues of his own to resolve." From the book jacket
- Summary
- 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?.
- Award
-
- Commonwealth Writers' Prize for Best Book, 2005.
- Commonwealth Writers' Prize, South Asia and Europe: Best Book, 2005.
- Orange Prize for Fiction, 2004.
- Whitbread Book Award for Novel, 2004.
- Whitbread Book of the Year Award, 2004.
- Awards note
-
- Winner of the Orange Prize for Fiction 2004.
- Winner of the Whitbread book of the year 2004.
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/bookUI
- 125631
- Cataloging source
- HWX
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1956-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Levy, Andrea
- Dewey number
- 823/.914
- Index
- no index present
- Intended audience
- 780
- Intended audience source
- Lexile
- LC call number
- PR6112.E889
- LC item number
- S63 2004
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/lexile
- 780
- Literary form
- fiction
- http://library.link/vocab/resourcePreferred
- True
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- Jamaicans
- Immigrants
- London (England)
- Racism
- Target audience
- adult
- Label
- Small island, Andrea Levy
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 19884180
- Dimensions
- 21 cm
- Extent
- 441 pages
- Isbn
- 9780312424671
- Isbn Type
- (pbk.)
- Lccn
- 2005298527
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
- n
- System control number
- (OCoLC)57967180
- Label
- Small island, Andrea Levy
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 19884180
- Dimensions
- 21 cm
- Extent
- 441 pages
- Isbn
- 9780312424671
- Isbn Type
- (pbk.)
- Lccn
- 2005298527
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
- n
- System control number
- (OCoLC)57967180
Subject
- trueBooks to movies
- trueEngland -- Immigration and emigration
- trueEngland -- Race relations
- true1940s -- 1940 -- 1949
- trueAdaptability (Psychology)
- trueAdult books for young adults
- trueInterracial friendship
- Jamaicans -- England | London -- Fiction
- trueJamaicans in Great Britain
- trueLandlord and tenant -- England
- trueLiterary fiction
- London (England) -- Fiction
- trueMultiple perspectives
- truePostwar life
- truePrejudice
- trueRace relations
- trueRacism
- Racism -- Fiction
- trueWorld War II -- England -- Post-war aspects
- trueWorld War II veterans
- trueEngland -- Social conditions -- 20th century
- trueHistorical fiction
- trueHusband and wife
- Immigrants -- England | London -- Fiction
- trueImmigration and emigration
Genre
- trueAdult books for young adults
- trueHistorical fiction
- trueLiterary fiction
- trueMultiple perspectives
- trueBooks to movies
- Fiction
Included in
- trueCommonwealth Writers' Prize: Best Book
- trueCommonwealth Writers' Prize: Best Book: Regional Award: South Asia & Europe
- trueCosta Book Awards (formerly the Whitbread Book Award): Novel category
- trueCosta Book Awards: Costa Book of the Year
- trueWomen's Prize for Fiction
- Award
- Commonwealth Writers' Prize for Best Book, 2005.
- Award
- Commonwealth Writers' Prize, South Asia and Europe: Best Book, 2005.
- Award
- Orange Prize for Fiction, 2004.
- Award
- Whitbread Book Award for Novel, 2004.
- Award
- Whitbread Book of the Year Award, 2004.
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