{"product_id":"9780349703596-jamaica-road","title":"Jamaica Road","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cb\u003eA transformative love story about two best friends   trying to find their way in their tight-knit British-Jamaican community.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e'A gift I didn't know I needed'\u003cb\u003e Leone Ross\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Wonderful' \u003cb\u003eMarcia Hutchinson\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Jamaica Road exudes love . with a wisdom and warmth that jumps off the page' \u003cb\u003eVanessa Chan\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSouth London, 1981: Daphne is the only Black girl in her class. All she wants is to keep her head down, preferably in a book. The easiest way to survive is to go unnoticed.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDaphne's attempts at invisibility are upended when a boy named Connie Small arrives from Jamaica. Connie is the opposite of small in every way: lanky, outgoing, and unapologetically himself. Daphne tries to keep her distance, but Connie is magnetic. As they navigate growing up in a volatile, rapidly changing city, their families become close, and their friendship begins to shift into something more complicated. But when Connie reveals that he is 'nuh land' - meaning he's in England illegally - Daphne realises that she is dangerously entangled in Connie's fragile home life. Soon, long-buried secrets in both families threaten to tear them apart permanently.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSpanning one tumultuous decade, \u003ci\u003eJamaica Road\u003c\/i\u003e is an emotionally expansive debut novel about race and class, the family you're born into, the family you choose and the limits of what true love can really conquer.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eREADERS ARE SAYING:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'A love story for the ages!' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐\u003cbr\u003e'WHAT. A. BOOK . Made me feel ALL the feels' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐\u003cbr\u003e'Beautifully rich . Book clubs are going to love this book' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐\u003cbr\u003e'A beautiful coming-of-age love story that flows so effortlessly . This book spoke to my heart' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐\u003cbr\u003e'Urgent, warm, romantic . Truly excellent' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56585100296566,"sku":"9780349703596","price":9.42,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_41028402_2b7e5f9e-3ab2-438a-af5e-f59d961dc15b.jpg?v=1777018786","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9780349703596-jamaica-road","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}