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Jubilee Book

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 a picture of happy children but what is the real story behind the photograph? 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 pediatric 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 events that changed his life forever.Read More

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  • TheBookPeople

    It is 1977, the Queen's Silver Jubilee, and a photographer captures a moment forever: a street party with bunting and Union Jacks fluttering in the breeze. Right in the centre of the frame, a small Asian boy stares intently into the camera. The photograph becomes iconic, a symbol of everything that is great about Britain. But the harmonious image conceals a very different reality. Amid the party food and the platform shoes, the pop music and the punk, there are tensions in the Cherry Gardens community. As the street party begins, those tensions threaten to erupt. Fast forward to the present and the boy, Satish, has become a successful cardiologist, saving lives, respected by those around him. But he is living with a secret. When Satish is asked to take part in a reunion of those involved in that Jubilee photograph, he must confront the truth about that day, and the events that changed the course of his life

  • Blackwell

    A heartwarming and nostalgic novel set during a street party for the Queen's Silver Jubilee in 1977. It is 1977, the Queen's Silver Jubilee, and a photographer captures a moment forever: a street party with bunting and Union Jacks fluttering in...

  • 0297864580
  • 9780297864585
  • Shelley Harris
  • 29 December 2011
  • W&N
  • Hardcover (Book)
  • 336
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