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Item Details
Title:
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GLORIA
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By: |
Kerry Young |
Format: |
Paperback |
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£12.99 |
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ISBN 10: |
1408822881 |
ISBN 13: |
9781408822883 |
Publisher: |
BLOOMSBURY PUBLISHING PLC |
Pub. date: |
11 April, 2013 |
Pages: |
400 |
Description: |
The stunning new novel from the author of the Costa and Commonwealth Prize-shortlisted Pao |
Synopsis: |
Jamaica, 1938. Gloria Campbell is sixteen years old when a single violent act changes her life forever. She and her younger sister flee their hometown to forge a new life in Kingston. As all around them the city convulses with political change, Gloria's desperation and striking beauty lead her to Sybil and Beryl, and a house of ill-repute where she meets Yang Pao, a Kingston racketeer whose destiny becomes irresistibly bound with her own. Sybil kindles in Gloria a fire of social justice which will propel her to Cuba and a personal and political awakening that she must reconcile with the realities of her life, her love of Jamaica and a past that is never far behind her. Set against the turbulent backdrop of a country on the cusp of a new era, Gloria is an enthralling and illuminating story of love and redemption. |
Publication: |
UK |
Imprint: |
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC |
Returns: |
Returnable |
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