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Never Far from Nowhere

von Andrea Levy

Fiction Cultural Studies Social Issues

ISBN

0747252130

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01.01.1970

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Komme während der Öffnungszeiten vorbei und leihe ein verfügbares Exemplar aus.

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Contemporary Fiction Family Dynamics Coming of Age Multiculturalism British Literature Jamaican Diaspora Sisters Race and Identity Social Issues Council Estate Life 1970s London Youth Culture Skinhead Violence Bildungsroman Andrea Levy Women's Fiction Urban Life Literary Fiction Cultural Heritage Friendship Humor and Pain

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A passionate and perceptive story full of the pain and the humour of growing up, from Andrea Levy, author of the Orange Prize winning SMALL ISLAND and the Man Booker shortlisted THE LONG SONG. NEVER FAR FROM NOWHERE is the story of two sisters, Olive and Vivien, born in London to Jamaican parents and brought up on a council estate. They go to the same grammar school, but while Vivien's life becomes a chaotic mix of friendships, youth clubs, skinhead violence, A-levels, discos and college, Olive, three years older and a skin shade darker, has a very different tale to tell...