Small Island by Andrea Levy Philosophy Muffin McLay

Muffin McLay

And that I will never cede my Will to the empire that executed my family

a golden dragon and a red pool of blood

and a story told with wit and compassion

pillared porticos and monumental statues

Small Island by Andrea Levy Philosophy Muffin McLayPaperback It is 1948, and England is recovering from a war. But at 21 Nevern Street, London, the conflict has only just begun. Queenie Bligh s neighbours do not approve when she agrees to take in Jamaican lodgers, but Queenie doesn t know when her husband will return, or if he will come back at all. What else can she do? Gilbert Joseph was one of the several thousand Jamaican men who joined the RAF to fight against Hitler. Returning to England as a