My review:🌟🌟🌟🌟
This Lovely City by Louise Hare is set in 1948 and 1950s, and is about Lawrie Matthews, who came over from Jamaica to England as part of Windrush. We see his daily life, how he’s making a living, and the racism he deals with every day. He’s in love with Evie, the girl next door, and we meet his friends.
Lawrie discovers the body of a baby in a pond, and so the police immediately suspect him of being involved with the death of the baby.
This is a story of homesickness, discrimination, power corrupting, and family. It is well told, with flashbacks to 1948. I thought this was well told, and kept me hooked!
This Lovely City was published on 12th March 2020 and is available from Amazon, Waterstones and Bookshop.org.
You can follow Louise Hare on Twitter and her website.
I was given this book in exchange for an unbiased review, so my thanks to NetGalley and to HQ.