Hortense, Queenie and Gilbert. Set in 1948, in Jamaica, West Indies and
London, Hortense, Queenie and Gilbert are about to meet in different ways.
Gilbert Joseph moves to London after returning from the
war. He thinks life will be grand. He has to take jobs where he is called boy
and discriminated against. He does all this
to make a way to bring his wife from Jamaica, West Indies. Hortense Joseph moves to London to be with
her husband. She thinks she will find
the perfect teaching job.
They both meet Queenie, their landlord, and have very
different opinions of her. Queenie and
her husband Bernard have their own marital issues. And then there is Michael.
You will have to read it to know what else happens. BTW, there is a movie version, but once
again, I SO enjoyed the book.
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