{"product_id":"coming-to-england","title":"Coming to England","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBaroness Floella Benjamin's classic memoir, \u003cem\u003eComing to England, \u003c\/em\u003eis an inspiring true story celebrating the Windrush generation and is a powerful reminder of how courage and determination can overcome adversity.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis 30th anniversary edition features a foreword by the author and some additional historical information, this is the incredible story of Floella's journey from Trinidad to London, as part of the Windrush generation, to the House of Lords.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFloella Benjamin \u003c\/strong\u003ewas just a young girl when she, her sister and two brothers arrived in England in 1960 to join their parents, whom they had not seen for fifteen months. They had left their island home of Trinidad to make a new life in London, part of a whole generation of West Indians who were encouraged to move to Britain and help rebuild the country after the Second World War.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eReunited with her mother, Floella was too overwhelmed at first to care about the cold weather and the noise and dirt from the traffic. But as her new life began, she was shocked and distressed by the rejection she experienced. She soon realized that the only way to survive was to work twice as hard and be twice as good as anyone else.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis book is part of the shop's collection that accompanies the Ashmolean Museum installation \u003cem\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/shop.ashmolean.org\/collections\/shedding-light\" title=\"Shedding Light Ashmolean Shop Collection Page\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eShedding Light\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e \u003c\/em\u003eon display in gallery 40, which reveals the entangled histories of colonialism, enslavement, sugar, and ceramics. \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.ashmolean.org\/shedding-light\" title=\"Shedding Light Ashmolean Museum Installation Information Page\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eClick here to find out more\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003eabout this installation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGloriously illustrated throughout by \u003cstrong\u003eJoelle Avelino\u003c\/strong\u003e, perfect for readers \u003cstrong\u003eaged 9+\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bookspeed","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":63822293369209,"sku":"ASI-6216","price":7.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0690\/7566\/5197\/files\/ASI-6216ComingtoEngland1.jpg?v=1782223704","url":"https:\/\/shop.ashmolean.org\/products\/coming-to-england","provider":"Ashmolean Museum","version":"1.0","type":"link"}