Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Upper Grades (UG 9-12)
Book Level
5.1
Points
23.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
149116
Points per Word
0.000154
Page Count
441
Points per Page
0.052154
Description
Hortense arrives in London from Jamaica in 1948 with her life in her suitcase, her heart broken, her resolve intact. Her husband, Gilbert Joseph, returns from the war expecting to be received as a hero but finds his status as a black man second class.