Fruit of the Lemon - Andrea Levy

Faith Jackson is the daughter of Jamaican immigrants to Britain; her parents came to live in London in the late 1950s and worked hard to build a business and buy their own home in which to raise Faith and her brother. Whenever Faith asks her mother about Jamaica the older woman changes the subject, which is why the news that her parents are thinking about going back to live in Jamaica now their children are grown up is so surprising. Faith and Carl have done well for themselves; after graduating from fashion college, Faith managed to land a job at the BBC, in spite of people telling her that as a black woman she'd be unlikely to be successful there. She shares a house ...  Read the complete review