{"product_id":"jamaica-road","title":"Smith Lisa: Jamaica Road [2025] paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eSouth London, 1981: Daphne is the only Black girl in her class. All she wants is to keep her head down, preferably in a book. The easiest way to survive is to go unnoticed.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDaphne's attempts at invisibility are upended when a boy named Connie Small arrives from Jamaica. Connie is the opposite of small in every way: lanky, outgoing, and unapologetically himself. Daphne tries to keep her distance, but Connie is magnetic, and they form an intense bond. As they navigate growing up in a volatile, rapidly changing city, their families become close, and their friendship begins to shift into something more complicated. But when Connie reveals that he is 'nuh land' - meaning he's in England illegally - Daphne realizes that she is dangerously entangled in Connie's fragile home life. Soon, long-buried secrets in both families threaten to tear them apart permanently.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSpanning one tumultuous decade, from the industrial docklands of the Thames to the sandy beaches of Calabash Bay, \u003ci\u003eJamaica Road\u003c\/i\u003e is a deftly plotted and emotionally expansive debut novel about race and class, the family you're born with and \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003ethe family you choose and the limits of what true love can really conquer.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Smith, Lisa","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":50945030455635,"sku":"9780349703589","price":17.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0616\/4001\/6057\/files\/lisa-smith-smith-lisa-jamaica-road-2025-paperback-9780349703589-1161530896.jpg?v=1746748882","url":"https:\/\/theirishbookshop.live\/products\/jamaica-road","provider":"Chapters Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}