Lovers and Strangers presents a historically rich view of immigration to Britain. Wills writes with both humour and detail about the lives of thousands of single men from Poland, Ireland, the West Indies and South Asia. Many of her tales are filled with the music, alcohol and nightlife which occupied the attentions of thousands of single men
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Chatham House
The perfect post-Brexit book
Arifa Akbar
Evening Standard
What you get in Lovers and Strangers is a mix of oral history, scholarly analysis and impressionistic essay
Clive Davis
The Times
Her well-written, readable story evolves like a novel or film script with key characters.
Times Higher Education Masterful... these are the stories of Britain's yesterdays, todays and tomorrows, and they could hardly be more timely.
Christopher Kissane
Financial Times
Essential reading for anyone who wants to understand not only the transformation of British society after the war but also its character today
Piers Brendon
Literary Review
Strangers and Lovers is brimming with new archival sources, careful cullings of governmental documents and oral histories - the book encompasses poetry and fiction as well as sociological accounts.
Sukhdev Sandhu
Guardian
A lyrical account... deeply researched and full of wise and original observations about migration
David Goodhart
The Times
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