From Andrea Levy, author of Small Island and winner of the Whitbread Book of the Year and the Best of the Best Orange Prize, comes a story of one woman and two islands.
Faith Jackson knows little about her parents' lives before they moved to England. Happy to be starting her first job in the costume department at BBC television, and to be sharing a house with friends, Faith is full of hope and expectation. But when her parents announce that they are moving "home" to Jamaica, Faith's fragile sense of her identity is threatened. Angry and perplexed as to why her parents would move to a country they so rarely mention, Faith becomes increasingly aware of the covert and public racism of her daily life, at home and at work.
At her parents' suggestion, in the hope it will help her to understand where she comes from, Faith goes to Jamaica for the first time. There she meets her Aunt Coral, whose storytelling provides Faith with ancestors, whose lives reach from Cuba and Panama to Harlem and Scotland. Branch by branch, story by story, Faith scales the family tree, and discovers her own vibrant heritage, which is far richer and wilder than she could have imagined.
Fruit of the Lemon spans countries and centuries, exploring questions of race and identity with humor and a freshness, and confirms Andrea Levy as one of our most exciting contemporary novelists.
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Born in 1956 to Jamaican parents, Andrea Levy is the author of three previous novels. She lives and works in London.
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Book Description Soft cover. Condition: Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. A fine, signed copy of Andrea Levy's third novel. Faith Jackson is furious and perplexed when her parents suddenly announce their intention to retire back home to Jamaica and makes her own journey there. She is immediately enfolded in the endless talk of her Aunt Coral, keeper of a rich cargo of family history. There are no marks on the edges of the text block which is square and tightly bound. Internally the pages are spotless apart from a previous re-sale price in pencil on the ffep. No dust jacket, as issued by the publisher. See five photos of this book. Signed by Author(s). Seller Inventory # 98