Small island (Record no. 82291)
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| 000 -LEADER | |
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| fixed length control field | 01403cam a2200217 4500 |
| 001 - CONTROL NUMBER | |
| control field | 9780755355952 |
| 008 - FIXED-LENGTH DATA ELEMENTS--GENERAL INFORMATION | |
| fixed length control field | 200804t2009 xxu||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| International Standard Book Number | 9780755355952 |
| 100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Levy, Andrea |
| 245 #0 - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Small island |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
| Place of publication, distribution, etc. | London |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc. | Headline Review |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc. | 2009 |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | 533 p. ; 20 cm. |
| 500 ## - GENERAL NOTE | |
| General note | Originally published: London: Review, 2004. |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc. | 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 civilian he finds himself treated very differently. It's desperation that makes him remember a wartime friendship with Queenie and knock at her door. Gilbert's wife Hortense, too, had longed to leave Jamaica and start a better life in England. But when she joins him she is shocked to find London shabby, decrepit, and far from the golden city of her dreams. Even Gilbert is not the man she thought he was... |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | FICTIONAL WORKS |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | HISTORY |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | RACISM |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | UNITED KINGDOM |
| 998 ## - LOCAL CONTROL INFORMATION (RLIN) | |
| -- | HUHRL1;HUHRL4;HUHRL13 |
| Withdrawn status | Lost status | Damaged status | Not for loan | Home library | Current library | Shelving location | Date acquired | Total Checkouts | Full call number | Barcode | Date last seen | Price effective from | Koha item type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Newcomb Library at Homerton Healthcare | Newcomb Library at Homerton Healthcare | Shelves | 04/08/2020 | HM 330 LEV | 14861 | 29/09/2022 | 29/09/2022 | Book |