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Fruit of the lemon

Content with her life in England and delighted with her first job in the costume department of BBC television, Faith Jackson is stunned when her parents announce that they are moving "home" to Jamaica, an announcement that threatens Faith's fragile sense of identity and forces her to come to terms with the racism she encounters in her daily life.

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  • "Een jonge vrouw, geboren en getogen in Engeland, wordt er door haar huidskleur voortdurend aan herinnerd dat ze niet blank is en gaat op zoek naar haar wortels in Jamaica."
  • "Spans countries and centuries, exploring questions of race and identity with humor and a freshness."
  • "Content with her life in England and delighted with her first job in the costume department of BBC television, Faith Jackson is stunned when her parents announce that they are moving "home" to Jamaica, an announcement that threatens Faith's fragile sense of identity and forces her to come to terms with the racism she encounters in her daily life."@en
  • "Faith Jackson knows little about her parents' lives before they moved to England. Happy 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."

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  • "Fiction"
  • "Fiction"@en
  • "Large type books"
  • "Domestic fiction"@en
  • "Domestic fiction"
  • "General fiction"

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  • "Fruit of the lemon : [a novel]"
  • "Il frutto del limone"@it
  • "Il frutto del limone"
  • "Fruit of the Lemon"
  • "Fruit of the lemon"@es
  • "Fruit of the lemon"
  • "Fruit of the lemon"@en