Coming to England

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Floella Benjamin's important childhood memoir, including a new foreword by the author, additional content, and beautiful illustrations by Michael Frith.Floella Benjamin was just a young girl when she and her siblings arrived in England in 1960 to join their parents, whom they had not seen for fifteen months. They had left the island paradise of Trinidad to make a new home in London - part of a whole generation of West Indians who were encouraged to move to Britain and help rebuild the country after WWII.Reunited with their mother, Floella was too overwhelmed at first to care about the cold weather and the noise and dirt from the traffic. But, as her new life began, she was shocked and distressed by the rejection she experienced. She soon realized that the only way to survive was to work twice as hard and be twice as good as anyone else.This inspirational story is a powerful reminder that courage and determination can overcome adversity.