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Andrea Levy

Born 1956 · United Kingdom

In English
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  • Written in English

    Booker 2010 · Shortlist

    The Long Song

    The Long Song

    Andrea Levy · 54 when first published

    Novel · 336 pages · Historical

    AI-generated summary:In Jamaica in the last years of slavery, July grows up enslaved on the Amity sugar plantation, under its mistress Caroline Mortimer; as an old woman she tells her story, urged on by her son, a printer.