by Andrea Levy · Tinder Press · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780747261148
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«Fruit of the Lemon» is Andrea Levy's contemporary novel, published by Tinder Press in paperback (352 pages, in English).
Faith Jackson, a British woman of Jamaican origin, works in television and shares a flat. When her parents announce they are retiring to Jamaica, she travels to the island, where her aunt Coral tells her the family story: a network of characters reaching from Cuba, Panama, Harlem and Scotland. It is a work about racial identity, family and the search for roots.
Andrea Levy is also the author of Small Island, winner of the Orange Prize for Fiction, and The Long Song, shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize.
For readers of contemporary fiction interested in female protagonists, journeys to one's roots, and racial and family identity.
Andrea Levy was an English author best known for the novels Small Island (2004) and The Long Song (2010). She was born in London to Jamaican parents, and her work explores topics related to British Jamaicans and how they negotiate racial, cultural and national identities.
