{"product_id":"pursuing-the-dream-jean-bovell-9781911412991","title":"Pursuing The Dream","description":"\u003cp\u003e'Pursuing the Dream' is a biopic that speaks of a specific journey by sea from the Caribbean to Britain during the early 1960s, and at a period when peoples from the various colonised English-speaking West Indian islands were being invited to join the British workforce in re-building of the country following destructions that resulted from World War 2.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe specific request resulted in large numbers of mostly disadvantaged young West Indians grasping the once in a life-time opportunity of a being enabled to obtain lucrative earnings in return for services rendered.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSet on a backdrop of historical and biographical factors, the story offers a window into the occurrences, encounters, experiences and interpersonal relationships that evolved within a specific community that was developed in the closed environment of a ship, during an eventful three-week crossing of the Atlantic by individuals with the collective dream of a better life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jean Bovell\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 191141299X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781911412991\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Dolman Scott\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/30\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 98\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.27lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.20d","brand":"Jean Bovell","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44365417939199,"sku":"9781911412991","price":5.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_0b279fc3-e264-43d5-adde-71161e91614e.jpg?v=1697058408","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/pursuing-the-dream-jean-bovell-9781911412991","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}