{"product_id":"mother-country-9781472261915","title":"Mother Country","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e***LONGLISTED FOR THE 2019 JHALAK PRIZE***\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA leading new exploration of the Windrush generation featuring David Lammy, Lenny Henry, Corinne Bailey Rae, Sharmaine Lovegrove, Hannah Lowe, Jamz Supernova, Natasha Gordon and Rikki Beadle-Blair.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFor the pioneers of the Windrush generation, Britain was ''the Mother Country''. They made the long journey across the sea, expecting to find a place where they would be be welcomed with open arms; a land in which you were free to build a new life, eight thousand miles away from home. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis remarkable book explores the reality of their experiences, and those of their children and grandchildren, through 22 unique real-life stories spanning more than 70 years. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe story of Windrush, is, like any other, a story of humanity. Of life, love, struggle, hope, misery, success and failure. It''s one that is too often neglected in our media ... but this volume acts as a remedy to that failure of story-telling, which I ask\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Headline Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48739440853335,"sku":"9781472261915","price":11.69,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781472261915.jpg?v=1720052251","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/mother-country-9781472261915","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}