![]() In fact, her father Winston Levy actually came over to Britain as a passenger on the Empire Windrush in 1948. Īndrea’s parents were part of what we now call the Windrush generation. It is the story of Britain and the Caribbean, the relationship between these two places, and the human legacy that it has left us with today. The Long Song was the last of the five novels she wrote, but it was the culmination of a story – a big fat story – that was the impelling force for each and every one of them. I have always felt that if you substitute "Andrea Levy" for "my mama" that we have a pretty accurate description here of Andrea’s own literary career. "My mama had a story – a story that lay so fat within her breast that she felt impelled, by some force that was mightier than her own will, to relay this tale to me." ![]() "The book you are now holding in your hand was born of a craving," Kinsman declares. ![]()
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