1. First published in 1960, Lynne Reid Banks' novel of a young woman,
Jane Graham, who is pregnant and unmarried and has been thrown
out of her father's home. This book is settled in the times when "No
blacks, no Irish“ posters were hanged on public places, and women
could be sacked from their jobs for having a baby, soon after WWII
Jane finds herself in a bug-infested flat in Fulham but soon makes
friends with the black jazz player next door, and falls in love with the
Jewish writer in the room below.
This is an angry novel in many ways, as well as a psychological novel as
the emotional life of the main character is described very exactly.
The novel is excellent and though some might find it a bit depressing
at first, it will catch your eye and you wont be able to stop reading it.
Personal experience!!!