My Beautiful England - Couverture souple

Flatley, Michelle

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1908122579 ISBN 13 : 9781908122575

Editeur : Cutting Edge Press, 2013

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

Su, a Thai bride, comes to England, after the tsunami, armed with a book called 'My Beautiful England'. But she finds herself in Burnley, a deprived northern town where torn sofas are parked in the gardens of boarded up houses. Living with her ageing husband, Su tries to become Englishised, but constant visions of the tsunami and Thai superstitions clash with English life. Whilst out shopping for mango, Su suffers racial abuse and realises England is not the dream place she had hoped for.

Samina is from Pakistan and feels trapped in an arranged marriage. Living with her new husband and domineering mother-in-law, in Paradise Street, she longs to be like other western women, independent and free. When Samina joins the local language school, she begins to wear western clothes and calls herself Sammy but soon realises that she is neither English, nor Pakistani.

Lenka lives in a women s refuge with her daughter, hiding from her Polish husband.

Together the three women build a strong friendship at the local language centre. United in their quest for English all three women discover what it's like to be a foreigner in England.

Revue de presse

'Flatley shows how the reality of life in England does not match up to what the women had imagined it would be; and examines the tensions at work as her characters try to adjust to living in a new culture. The result is a tale that's harrowing and uplifting by turns.' --Follow The Thread

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Cutting Edge Press
• Date d'édition: 2013
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1908122579
• ISBN 13: 9781908122575
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 256
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible