Kerry Young

Fay Wong is caught between worlds. Her father is a Chinese immigrant who conjured a fortune from nothing; her African heritage mother grew up on a plantation and now reigns over their mansion in Lady Musgrave Road.But her father''s Chinatown haunts are out of bounds and the airy rooms of their home are filled with her mother''s uncontrollable rages - rages against which Fay rebels as she grows into a headstrong woman.As she tries to escape the restraints of her privileged upbringing, Fay''s eyes are opened to a Jamaica she was never meant to see. And when her mother decides that she must marry the racketeer Yang Pao, she finds herself on a journey that will lead to sacrifice and betrayal.

Kingston, 1938. El joven Pao llega a Jamaica huyendo de la guerra civil china y dispuesto a convertirse en el «padrino» de Chinatown, tomando el relevo de su propio tío. Pero le falta madera de Don C

Jamaica, 1938. Gloria Campbell is sixteen years old when a single violent act changes her life forever. She and her younger sister flee their hometown to forge a new life in Kingston. As all around them the city convulses with political change, Glorias desperation and striking beauty lead her to Sybil and Beryl, and a house of ill-repute where she meets Yang Pao, a Kingston racketeer whose destiny becomes irresistibly bound with her own.Sybil kindles in Gloria a fire of social justice which will propel her to Cuba and a personal and political awakening that she must reconcile with the realities of her life, her love of Jamaica and a past that is never far behind her.Set against the turbulent backdrop of a country on the cusp of a new era, Gloria is an enthralling and illuminating story of love and redemption.

Original tales by remarkable writersHometown Tales is a series of books pairing exciting new voices with some of the most talented and important writers at work today. Some of the tales are fiction and some are narrative non-fiction - they are all powerful, fascinating and moving, and aim to celebrate regional diversity and explore the meaning of home.In these pages on the Midlands, youll find two unique works of fiction. A richly-imagined tale about a young girl adopted by a couple living in the village of Fleckney - Home Is Where the Heart Is - by author of Costa-shortlisted Pao, Kerry Young. And Time and Seasons, a heartfelt, powerful story of young love across the ages in Milton Keynes by Carolyn Sanderson.