(Paperback)

A coming-of-age debut novel, by the mother of Zadie Smith, about a young Jamaican girl faced with the trauma of immigration, estrangement from her family, and the emotional upheaval of moving to London in the 1960s.

(Paperback)

Coming-of-age debut novel, by the mother of Zadie Smith, about a young Jamaican girl faced with the trauma of immigration, estrangement from her family, and the emotional upheaval of moving to London in the 1960s.

(Hardback)

This story of innocence and experience heralds an exciting new voice in British Caribbean literature. It is about the relationship between children and the people who parent them, and what it can mean to have that relationship ripped away.