Fruit of the Lemon
3 journalers for this copy...
Journal Entry 1 by dododumpling from St. Neots, Cambridgeshire United Kingdom on Thursday, June 19, 2008
It's the late 70's and Faith Jackson's in a hurry - to loosen the hold of her loving but strict parents, to "go her own sweet way". At her new job as a dresser at Television Centre Faith negotiates the trip-wires of being black in often slyly witty, seemingly throwaway asides. But her parents' announcement that they might go home to Jamaica and a vicious racist National Front attack on a local bookshop, propels Faith into crisis.
Urged by her parents--"Child, everyone should know where they come from"--she goes to Kingston to stay with garrulous Auntie Coral. For Faith, it was her aunt's and cousin's rich and lively sequence of conversational storytelling's that 'wrapped me in a family history and swaddled me tight in its stories' - then released her into a new sense of self.
One of the haul bought this morning when lindyb28 and I visited the charity shops of St Neots!
Urged by her parents--"Child, everyone should know where they come from"--she goes to Kingston to stay with garrulous Auntie Coral. For Faith, it was her aunt's and cousin's rich and lively sequence of conversational storytelling's that 'wrapped me in a family history and swaddled me tight in its stories' - then released her into a new sense of self.
One of the haul bought this morning when lindyb28 and I visited the charity shops of St Neots!
Journal Entry 2 by dododumpling from St. Neots, Cambridgeshire United Kingdom on Friday, December 5, 2008
I loved this story of prejudice, family and roots - last year I read Small Island and will have to look out for more of Levy's work. The family trees are particularly helpful!
Journal Entry 3 by dododumpling at Caffe Nero, King's Parade OBCZ in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire United Kingdom on Sunday, February 7, 2010
Released 14 yrs ago (2/7/2010 UTC) at Caffe Nero, King's Parade OBCZ in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire United Kingdom
WILD RELEASE NOTES:
WILD RELEASE NOTES:
I am planning to release this book back into the wild, back to cafe nero. Hope someone else catches it! =)
CAUGHT IN CAMBRIDGE CAMBRIDGESHIRE UNITED KINGDOM
CAUGHT IN CAMBRIDGE CAMBRIDGESHIRE UNITED KINGDOM
Journal Entry 5 by Una-McCormack from Cambridge, Cambridgeshire United Kingdom on Friday, March 12, 2010
Picked up in Cafe Nero on King's Parade.
