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Never far from nowhere / Andrea Levy.

By: London : Review, 2004 1996Description: 282 pages ; 23 cmContent type:
  • text
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780747252139
  • 0747252130
  • 0747216150
  • 9780747216155
  • 0747252130
  • 9780747252139
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • F 20 Ja Lev
Online resources: Summary: "Two sisters, Olive and Vivien were born in London to Jamaican parents and brought up on a council estate. They go to the same grammar school. 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!"--Publisher description.Summary: This is the second novel from the author of Every Light in the House Burnin'. It is a story about 2 black sisters growing up in London in the mid 70s. They are working-class girls at a posh school. One will go upmarket, the other down.
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A novel.

"Two sisters, Olive and Vivien were born in London to Jamaican parents and brought up on a council estate. They go to the same grammar school. 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!"--Publisher description.

This is the second novel from the author of Every Light in the House Burnin'. It is a story about 2 black sisters growing up in London in the mid 70s. They are working-class girls at a posh school. One will go upmarket, the other down.

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