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    Sunlight on Sweet Water

    Beryl Gilroy

    This book brings back to life in rich detail the Afro-Guyanese village community of the author’s childhood, where there were old people who had been slaves as children and Africa…

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    Gather the Faces

    Beryl Gilroy

    Marvella Payne is twenty-seven, works as a secretary for British Rail and has pledged to the congregation of the Church of the Holy Spirit that she will abstain from sex…

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    Inkle and Yarico

    Beryl Gilroy

    After 20-year-old Thomas Inkle is left the sole survivor of a shipwreck in the West Indies, he is rescued by Yarico, a Carib woman who takes him as her lover…

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    The Green Grass Tango

    Beryl Gilroy

    Set in multiracial London, this new novel from Peepal Tree’s most popular writer is a comedy about identity, community, growing old (and people and dogs). Beneath the laughter lurks a…

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    In Praise of Love and Children

    Beryl Gilroy

    A complex exploration of the cultural conflicts of race and gender, this novel focuses on the journey of a Guyanese woman from her British colonial country to the deeply racist…

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    Black Teacher: ‘An unsung heroine of Black British Literature’ (Bernardine Evaristo)

    Beryl Gilroy

    Introduced by Bernardine Evaristo, this unforgettable memoir of a trailblazing Caribbean woman who forged a new life and career in post-war London is a rediscovered classic.

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    Black Teacher: ‘An unsung heroine of Black British Literature’ (Bernardine Evaristo)

    Beryl Gilroy

    The rediscovered classic: an unforgettable memoir by a trailblazing black woman in post-war London, introduced by Bernardine Evaristo (‘I dare anyone to read it and not come away shocked, moved…

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