{"product_id":"small-island-9780312429522","title":"Small Island","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn international bestseller. Andrea Levy's \u003ci\u003eSmall Island\u003c\/i\u003e won the Orange Prize for Fiction, The Orange Prize for Fiction: Best of the Best, The Whitbread Novel Award, The Whitbread Book of the Year Award, and the Commonwealth Writers' Prize. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHortense Joseph arrives in London from Jamaica in 1948 with her life in her suitcase, her heart broken, her resolve intact. Her husband, Gilbert Joseph, returns from the war expecting to be received as a hero, but finds his status as a black man in Britain to be second class. His white landlady, Queenie, raised as a farmer's daughter, befriends Gilbert, and later Hortense, with innocence and courage, until the unexpected arrival of her husband, Bernard, who returns from combat with issues of his own to resolve. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTold in these four voices, \u003ci\u003eSmall Island \u003c\/i\u003eis a courageous novel of tender emotion and sparkling wit, of crossings taken and passages lost, of shattering compassion and of reckless optimism in the face of insurmountable barriers---in short, an encapsulation of that most American of experiences: the immigrant's life.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eBorn in London, England to Jamaican parents, \u003cb\u003e Andrea Levy\u003c\/b\u003e (1956-2019) was the author of \u003ci\u003eSmall Island\u003c\/i\u003e, winner of the Whitbread Award (now Costa Award), the Orange Prize for Fiction (now Women's Prize for Fiction), and the Commonwealth Writers' Prize. The BBC Masterpiece Classic television adaptation of her novel won an International Emmy for best TV movie\/miniseries. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAndrea's other books include the Man Booker Prize finalist \u003ci\u003eThe Long Song\u003c\/i\u003e, also adapted by the BBC for television, and \u003ci\u003eFruit of the Lemon\u003c\/i\u003e, among others.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Picador USA","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50645384036626,"sku":"9780312429522","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_f10a1a11-fe51-4588-a285-8aedee848727.jpg?v=1733150853","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/small-island-9780312429522","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}