Black Orchids (Paperback, Digital original)


When the genteely impoverished and rebellious Evelyn marries the charming Emil, scion of a privileged Sinhalese family, she thinks that her dream of a life in England can now at last come true. So the family travel, with their young son Milton, from Ceylon to Tilbury Docks. But this is England in the 1950s and, no matter how hard Evelyn wishes that it would, England does not take kindly to strangers, especially families who are half black and half white. A profound and moving novel, this is the story about the search to feel at home in your own skin.

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When the genteely impoverished and rebellious Evelyn marries the charming Emil, scion of a privileged Sinhalese family, she thinks that her dream of a life in England can now at last come true. So the family travel, with their young son Milton, from Ceylon to Tilbury Docks. But this is England in the 1950s and, no matter how hard Evelyn wishes that it would, England does not take kindly to strangers, especially families who are half black and half white. A profound and moving novel, this is the story about the search to feel at home in your own skin.

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Product Details

General

Imprint

Virago Press Ltd

Country of origin

United Kingdom

Release date

June 2009

Availability

Expected to ship within 12 - 17 working days

First published

May 2011

Authors

Dimensions

198 x 126 x 25mm (L x W x T)

Format

Paperback

Pages

374

Edition

Digital original

ISBN-13

978-1-84408-313-8

Barcode

9781844083138

Categories

LSN

1-84408-313-6



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