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Books by Andrea Levy






Small Island(2nd Edition)
A Novel
by Andrea Levy
Paperback, 448 Pages, Published 2010 by Picador
Mobipocket_Ebook
ISBN-13: 978-0-312-42952-2, ISBN: 0-312-42952-5

"Small Island is an international bestseller.  It 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.  It has now been adapted for the screen as a coproduction of the BBC and Masterpiece/WGBH Boston.Hortense Joseph arrives in London from Jamaica in 1948 with her life in her suitcase, her heart broken, her re ..."






Never Far From Nowhere(1st Edition)
by Andrea Levy
Paperback, 384 Pages, Published 1996 by Headline Review
ISBN-13: 978-0-7472-5213-9, ISBN: 0-7472-5213-0

"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 c ..."






Every Light in the House Burnin'(Reprint)
by Andrea Levy
Paperback, 256 Pages, Published 1995 by Headline Review
ISBN-13: 978-0-7472-4653-4, ISBN: 0-7472-4653-X

"The remarkable, emotional debut novel, both funny and moving, which was longlisted for the Orange Prize for Fiction, from the critically aclaimed Andrea Levy, author of the Orange Prize winning SMALL ISLAND and the Man Booker shortlisted THE LONG SONG. 'Better opportunity' - that's why Angela's dad sailed to England from America in 1948 on the Empire Windrush. Six months later her mum joined him in his one room in Earl's Court...Twenty ..."






The Long Song(1st Edition)
A Novel
by Andrea Levy
Paperback, 352 Pages, Published 2011 by Picador
Mobipocket_Ebook
ISBN-13: 978-0-312-57114-6, ISBN: 0-312-57114-3

"THE AUTHOR OF SMALL ISLAND TELLS THE STORY OF THE LAST TURBULENT YEARS OF SLAVERY AND THE EARLY YEARS OF FREEDOM IN NINETEENTH-CENTURY JAMAICASmall Island introduced Andrea Levy to America and was acclaimed as “a triumph” (San Francisco Chronicle). It won both the Orange Prize and the Whitbread Book of the Year Award, and has sold over a million copies worldwide. With The Long Song, Levy once again reinvents the historical novel. To ..."






Small Island
by Andrea Levy
Hardcover, Published 2018 by Tinder Press
ISBN-13: 978-1-4722-6248-6, ISBN: 1-4722-6248-4






The Long Song
Now A Major BBC Drama (Paperback)
by Andrea Levy
Paperback, 432 Pages, Published 2018 by Tinder Press
ISBN-13: 978-1-4722-6249-3, ISBN: 1-4722-6249-2






Fruit of the Lemon(1st Edition)
A Novel
by Andrea Levy
Paperback, 339 Pages, Published 2007 by Picador
Deckle Edge
ISBN-13: 978-0-312-42664-4, ISBN: 0-312-42664-X

"From Andrea Levy, author of "Small Island" and winner of the Whitbread Book of the Year and the Best of the Best Orange Prize, comes a story of one woman and two islands. Faith Jackson knows little about her parents' lives before they moved to England. Happy to be starting her first job in the costume department at BBC television, and to be sharing a house with friends, Faith is full of hope and expectation. But when her parents announc ..."






Six Stories and an Essay
++++A BEAUTIFUL UK UNCORRECTED PROOF++++
by Andrea Levy
127 Pages, Published 2014 by Tinder Press
ISBN-13: 978-1-4722-2266-4, ISBN: 1-4722-2266-0

"This collection opens with an essay about how writing has helped Andrea Levy to explore and understand her heritage."






Long Song
by Andrea Levy, The Long Song
Paperback, 432 Pages, Published 2011 by Headline Review
Mobipocket_Ebook
ISBN-13: 978-0-7553-5942-4, ISBN: 0-7553-5942-9

"Shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize, The Long Song by multi-million-copy bestselling author Andrea Levy is a hauntingly beautiful, heartbreaking and unputdownable novel, which will resonate with everyone who went to see the Oscar-winning film 12 Years a Slave and fans of Sue Monk Kidd's The Secret Life of Bees. 'A marvel of luminous storytelling' Financial Times You do not know me yet. My son Thomas, who is publishing this book, tells ..."






Small Island(1st Edition)
A Novel
by Andrea Levy
Paperback, 441 Pages, Published 2004 by Picador
Deckle Edge
ISBN-13: 978-0-312-42467-1, ISBN: 0-312-42467-1

"Winner of the 2004 Orange Prize for Fiction A Picador Original Trade PaperbackHortense 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 la ..."






Small Island(1st Edition)
by Andrea Levy
Hardcover, 448 Pages, Published 2004 by Headline Review
ISBN-13: 978-0-7553-0749-4, ISBN: 0-7553-0749-6

"Hortense shared Gilbert's dream of leaving Jamaica and coming to England to start a better life. But when she at last joins her husband, she is shocked by London's shabbiness and horrified at the way the English live. Even Gilbert is not the man she thought he was. Queenie's neighbours do not approve of her choice of tenants, and neither would her husband, were he there. Through the stories of these people, Small Island explores a point ..."






Small Island
by Andrea Levy
Paperback, 448 Pages, Published 2004 by Headline Books
International Edition
ISBN-13: 978-0-7553-0751-7, ISBN: 0-7553-0751-8

"Hortense shared Gilbert's dream of leaving Jamaica and coming to England to start a better life. But when she at last joins her husband, she is shocked by London's shabbiness and horrified at the way the English live. Even Gilbert is not the man she thought he was. Queenie's neighbours do not approve of her choice of tenants, and neither would her husband, were he there. Through the stories of these people, Small Island explores a point ..."






The Long Song(1st Edition)
A Novel
by Andrea Levy
Hardcover, 320 Pages, Published 2010 by Farrar, Straus And Giroux
ISBN-13: 978-0-374-19217-4, ISBN: 0-374-19217-0

"THE AUTHOR OF SMALL ISLAND TELLS THE STORY OF THE LAST TURBULENT YEARS OF SLAVERY AND THE EARLY YEARS OF FREEDOM IN NINETEENTH-CENTURY JAMAICASmall Island introduced Andrea Levy to America and was acclaimed as “a triumph” (San Francisco Chronicle). It won both the Orange Prize and the Whitbread Book of the Year Award, and has sold over a million copies worldwide. With The Long Song, Levy once again reinvents the historical novel. To ..."






Small Island(Reprint)
by Andrea Levy
Paperback, 544 Pages, Published 2009 by Headline Publishing Group
Kindle Ebook
ISBN-13: 978-0-7553-5595-2, ISBN: 0-7553-5595-4

"Small Island by bestselling author Andrea Levy won the Orange Prize for Fiction, as well as the Commonwealth Writers' Prize and the Whitbread. It is possibly the definitive fictional account of the experiences of the Empire Windrush generation. Now a major BBC drama starring Benedict Cumberbatch and Naomie Harris, its enduring appeal will captivate fans of Maya Angelou and Zadie Smith. 'A great read... honest, skilful, thoughtful and im ..."






Small Island
by Andrea Levy
Paperback, 560 Pages, Published 2006 by Headline Book Publishing
ISBN-13: 978-0-7553-0750-0, ISBN: 0-7553-0750-X

"Small Island by bestselling author Andrea Levy won the Orange Prize for Fiction, as well as many other awards, including the Commonwealth Writers' Prize and the Whitbread. Now a major BBC drama starring Benedict Cumberbatch and Naomie Harris, its enduring appeal will captivate fans of Maya Angelou and Zadie Smith. 'A great read..., honest, skilful, thoughtful and important' - GuardianIt is 1948, and England is recovering from a war. But ..."






Small Island
by Andrea Levy
Paperback, 544 Pages, Published 2004 by Review
International Edition
ISBN-13: 978-0-7553-2565-8, ISBN: 0-7553-2565-6

"Andrea Levy's award-winning novel, Small Island, deftly brings two bleak families into crisp focus. First a Jamaican family, including the well-intentioned Gilbert, who can never manage to say or do exactly the right thing; Romeo Michael, who leaves a wake of women in his path; and finally, Hortense, whose primness belies her huge ambition to become English in every way possible. The other unhappy family is English, starting with Queeni ..."






The Long Song
by Andrea Levy
Paperback, 336 Pages, Published 2010 by Headline Review
ISBN-13: 978-0-7553-8332-0, ISBN: 0-7553-8332-X

"From the critically acclaimed Andrea Levy, Orange Prize winning author of SMALL ISLAND, comes this breathtaking, hauntingly beautiful, heartbreaking and unputdownable novel, shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize and longlisted for the Orange Prize. You do not know me yet. My son Thomas, who is publishing this book, tells me, it is customary at this place in a novel to give the reader a little taste of the story that is held within these ..."






Fruit of the Lemon(Updated)
by Andrea Levy
Hardcover, Published 2006 by Ulverscroft Large Print Books Ltd
ISBN-13: 978-1-84617-122-2, ISBN: 1-84617-122-9

"Andrea Levy writes with wonderful immediacy and liveliness in this, her third novel about the experience of being black in Britain. It's the late 70's and Faith Jackson's in a hurry - to loosen the hold of her loving but strict parents, to "go her own sweet way". At her new job as a dresser at Television Centre Faith negotiates the trip-wires of being black in often slyly witty, seemingly throwaway asides. But her parents' announcemen ..."






Every Light in the House Burnin'(Updated)
by Andrea Levy
Paperback, 256 Pages, Published 2006 by Headline Review
Import
ISBN-13: 978-0-7553-3076-8, ISBN: 0-7553-3076-5

"20/20 Edition - Headline 20th Anniversary Edition The classic debut from the multi-award-winning author of SMALL ISLAND ‘Better opportunity’ – that’s why Angela’s dad sailed to England from America in 1948 on the Empire Windrush."






Every Light in the House Burnin'
by Andrea Levy, Headline Review
Paperback, Published 1995 by Headline Review
ISBN-13: 978-0-7553-3931-0, ISBN: 0-7553-3931-2

"The remarkable, emotional debut novel, both funny and moving, which was longlisted for the Orange Prize for Fiction, from the critically aclaimed Andrea Levy, author of the Orange Prize winning SMALL ISLAND and the Man Booker shortlisted THE LONG SONG. 'Better opportunity' - that's why Angela's dad sailed to England from America in 1948 on the Empire Windrush. Six months later her mum joined him in his one room in Earl's Court... ...T ..."



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