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22%OFFShelley Harris - Jubilee - 9781780220086 - V9781780220086
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Jubilee

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Description for Jubilee Paperback. One day can change your life.. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 23. Weight in Grams: 244.

One day can change your life...
A heartwarming novel set during a street party for the Queen's jubilee

It's 1977, the day of the Queen's Silver Jubilee, when a photographer captures a moment forever: a festive street party with bunting and Union Jacks fluttering in the breeze and, right in the centre of the frame, a small Asian boy staring intensely at the camera. The photo becomes infamous when it is adopted as a symbol of everything that is great and good about Britain, but what is the real story behind it? Relationships between the neighbours on Cherry Gardens ... Read more

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Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Orion Publishing Co
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
Number of Pages
352
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781780220086
SKU
V9781780220086
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 4 to 8 working days
Ref
99-2

About Shelley Harris
Shelley Harris was born in Cape Town, South Africa in 1967, to a South African mother and a British father. She has worked, among other things, as a teacher, a reporter, a mystery shopper and a bouncer at a teen disco. When she is not writing, she volunteers at her local Oxfam bookshop, helping customers find just the right book. ... Read more

Reviews for Jubilee
Sharply observed and richly characterised...Unfinished business, both personal and national, shadows a perceptive story of family and nation in transition
Boyd Tonkin
THE INDEPENDENT
Period detail and sharply observed dialogue contribute to a taut novel with plenty of ethical resonance for contemporary cultural relations
James Urquhart
FINANCIAL TIMES
An extremely well-crafted story
INDEPENDENT ... Read more

Goodreads reviews for Jubilee


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