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First UK edition. No publication date stated but copyright 1987. Stated on the rear cover “An original publication from The Women’s Press”. In near fine condition for its age with just a minor bump to base of book spine. The dust jacket is complete and still shows the price. A nice clean, tidy copy. Author’s first novel. SYNOPSIS: “Angel is a child in her mother Doodsie’s arms when the houses of the white landowners of Greneda are burnt to the ground. Thus begins a thirty-year period of change; when a black person is elected leader; the hopes of the close-knit community of Hermitage are pinned on one of ‘we own people’. Angel grows up a headstrong girl, resisting the attempts of Doodsie and school to make her conform.” IN STOCK READY FOR IMMEDIATE DISPATCH