{"product_id":"gloria-1","title":"Gloria","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e_______________\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''Kerry Young is a standalone talent in the new emerging generation of writers from the Caribbean region. Read her if you want to know about the Caribbean'' \u003c\/b\u003e- Monique Roffey, winner of the OCM BOCAS Prize for Caribbean Literature\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''A vivid portrayal ... Kerry Young''s heartfelt, sparky and affecting debut novel is a chronicle of multicultural Jamaica, both in its cultural richness and in its strife and tensions'' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e- Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''A pacy but absorbing saga of domestic struggle and gangland manoeuvring set against the violent backdrop of postwar Jamaican politics'' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e- Independent on Sunday\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e_______________\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the author of the Costa and Commonwealth Prize-shortlisted Pao\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJamaica, 1938. Gloria Campbell is sixteen years old when a single violent act changes her life forever. She and her younger sister flee their hometown to forge a new life in Kingston. As all around them the city convulses with political change, Gloria’s desperation and striking beauty lead her to Sybil and Beryl, and a house of ill-repute where she meets Yang Pao, a Kingston racketeer whose destiny becomes irresistibly bound with her own. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSybil kindles in Gloria a fire of social justice which will propel her to Cuba and a personal and political awakening that she must reconcile with the realities of her life, her love of Jamaica and a past that is never far behind her. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSet against the turbulent backdrop of a country on the cusp of a new era, \u003ci\u003eGloria \u003c\/i\u003eis an enthralling and illuminating story of love and redemption.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e_______________\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''Gloria is a brilliant, observant, sometimes complex read, but with clear and simple messages, it speaks to the feminist and equal rights campaigner in all of us *****''\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003e- Western Mail\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''A very authentic portrayal of a woman’s lot in 1950s, 1960s Jamaica. I fell in love with Gloria and was turning over the pages rapidly, willing her to conquer her situation. A triumph'' \u003c\/b\u003e- Alex Wheatle, author of \u003ci\u003eBrenton Brown\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''A highly evocative portrait of a country in transition, and of one woman’s search for self-awareness and self-respect'' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e- Mail on Sunday\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MediaPlace","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57311811993982,"sku":"NW9781408843369","price":12.94,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1379\/1261\/files\/9781408843369.jpg?v=1778584797","url":"https:\/\/mediaplace.com\/products\/gloria-1","provider":"MediaPlace","version":"1.0","type":"link"}