Jubilee

Harris, Shelley

£10.99

On the Queen’s Silver Jubilee in 1977, an iconic photo of a small Asian boy is taken. Fast forward to the present & the boy, Satish, has become a successful cardiologist. But he is living with a secret. When Satish is asked to take part in a reunion of those involved in the Jubilee photograph, he must confront the truth about that day.

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Publish Date: 24/05/2012

Description

One day can change your life…
A heartwarming novel set during a street party for the Queen’s jubilee

It’s 1977, the day of the Queen’s Silver Jubilee, when a photographer captures a moment forever: a festive street party with bunting and Union Jacks fluttering in the breeze and, right in the centre of the frame, a small Asian boy staring intensely at the camera. The photo becomes infamous when it is adopted as a symbol of everything that is great and good about Britain, but what is the real story behind it? Relationships between the neighbours on Cherry Gardens are far from easy, and minor frictions threaten to erupt as the street party begins…

Fast forward to the present and that boy, Satish, is now a successful paediatric heart surgeon, saving lives and families every single day. But he’s living with a secret – he’s addicted to controlled prescription drugs. A message about a proposed reunion of the children in the photograph throws his life into turmoil as he thinks back to Jubilee Day, and the events that changed his life for ever.

Additional information

Weight 242 g
Dimensions 197 × 191 × 24 mm
Author

Publisher

Imprint

Cover

Paperback

Pages

327

Language

English

Edition

|Paperback original

Dewey

823.92 (edition:23)

Readership

General – Trade / Code: K