Twenty-eight pounds ten shillings / Tony Fairweather.

Fairweather, Tony, author
Onwukwe, Ben, narrator

Unabridged edition.

Oxford : Soundings Audio Books, 2023.

9 CDs (9 hr., 2 min.) : digital, stereo

Read by Ben Onwukwe.

After World War Two the call went out to the British Empire for volunteers to help rebuild the 'Mother Country'. Young men and women from different Caribbean islands were quick to respond, paying the considerable sum of £28.10s to board HMT Empire Windrush - the 'ship of dreams' that would take them to their new lives. The motives and back-stories of these West Indian people is a key part of the Windrush story, one that has never been fully told. This powerful narrative reveals what happened on board that ship, was packed with young, excited people who had never before left their parents, their parishes - let alone their islands. In the course of the memorable two-week voyage there were parties, friendships, fights, gambling, racism, sex - and discussions of God and love.

9781399144728 (CDs)

305.8969729041092
823.92
SP/FAI
305.896
305.89
3

PR6106.A3

F
CDS WT

English

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