Overview

Hortense yearns for a new life away from rural Jamaica, Gilbert dreams of becoming a lawyer, and Queenie longs to escape her Lincolnshire roots. In these three intimately connected stories, hope and humanity meet stubborn reality, tracing the tangled history of Jamaica and Britain. Andrea Levy's epic novel, adapted for the stage by Helen Edmundson, journeys from Jamaica to Britain in 1948 - the year the HMT Empire Windrush docked at Tilbury.

It premiered at the National Theatre, London, in 2019, directed by Rufus Norris.

Please note both the original 2019 (ISBN 9781848428515) and 2022 (ISBN 9781839040764) editions are available. The cover image shown above is for the latest 2022 edition.