Books
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Six Stories & an Essay
2014
Six Stories & an Essay
2014
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This collection opens with an essay about how writing has helped Andrea Levy to explore and understand her heritage.
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Uriah's War
2014
Uriah's War
2014
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Written to mark the centenary of the outbreak of WWI, this new short story Andrea Levy tells the tale of two Jamaican service men in that conflict.
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The Long Song
2010
The Long Song
2010
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As your storyteller, I am to convey that this tale is set in Jamaica during the last turbulent years of slavery and the early years of freedom that followed.
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Small Island
2004
Small Island
2004
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It is 1948, and England is recovering from a war. But at 21 Nevern Street, London, the conflict has only just begun.
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Fruit of the Lemon
1999
Fruit of the Lemon
1999
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Faith Jackson fixes herself up with a great job in TV and the perfect flatshare. But neither is all that perfect.
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Never Far from Nowhere
1996
Never Far from Nowhere
1996
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This is the story of two sisters, Olive and Vivien, born in London to Jamaican parents and brought up on a council estate.
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Every Light in the House Burnin'
1994
Every Light in the House Burnin'
1994
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'Better opportunity' - that's why Angela's dad sailed to England from Jamaica in 1948 on the Empire Windrush. Six months later her mum joined him in his one room in Earl's Court.