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| Title:
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EVERY LIGHT IN THE HOUSE BURNIN'
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| By: |
Andrea Levy |
| Format: |
Electronic book text |
| List price:
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£7.99 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0755379519 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780755379514 |
| Publisher: |
HEADLINE PUBLISHING GROUP |
| Pub. date: |
24 June, 2010 |
| Description: |
Angela's dad sailed to England from America in 1948 on the Empire Windrush. Six months later her mum joined him... Twenty years later, Mr Jacob becomes ill and starts to move unsteadily through the care of the National Health Service. As Angela tries to help her mother through this ordeal, she finds herself reliving her childhood years. |
| Synopsis: |
The remarkable, emotional debut novel, both funny and moving, which was longlisted for the Orange Prize for Fiction, from the critically aclaimed Andrea Levy, author of the Orange Prize winning SMALL ISLAND and the Man Booker shortlisted THE LONG SONG.'Better opportunity' - that's why Angela's dad sailed to England from America in 1948 on the Empire Windrush. Six months later her mum joined him in his one room in Earl's Court......Twenty years and four children later, Mr Jacob has become seriously ill and starts to move unsteadily through the care of the National Health Service. As Angela, his youngest, tries to help her mother through this ordeal, she finds herself reliving her childhood years, spent on a council estate in Highbury. |
| Illustrations: |
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| Publication: |
UK |
| Imprint: |
Tinder Press |
| Returns: |
Non-returnable |
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