Black Orchids
(Paperback)
Publishing Details
Black Orchids
By (Author) Gillian Slovo
Little, Brown Book Group
Virago Press Ltd
1st September 2009
United Kingdom
Classifications
General
Fiction
823.914
Physical Properties
Paperback
384
Width 128mm, Height 198mm, Spine 26mm
300g
Description
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.Reviews
'She writes with passion and a deep humanity ... magnificient' JOHN HUMPHRYS
Author Bio
Born in South Africa, Gillian Slovo has written nine novels, one of which, Red Dust has been filmed with Hilary Swank and Chiwetel Ejiofor. Her first play, Guantanamo, played in London's West End and off-Broadway in New York. ICE ROAD was shortlisted for the Orange Prize.
