{"product_id":"the-day-i-fell-off-yvonne-bailey-smith-9781838386016","title":"The Day I Fell Off My Island","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Day I Fell Off My Island\u003c\/i\u003e tells the story of Erna Mullings, a teenage Jamaican girl uprooted from her island following the sudden death of her beloved grandmother.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhen Erna is sent to England to be reunited with her siblings, she dreads leaving behind her elderly grandfather, and the only life she has ever known. A new future unfolds, in a strange country and with a mother she barely knows. The next decade will be a complex journey of estrangement and arrival, new beginnings and the uncovering of long-buried secrets.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA psychologist and former social worker, Yvonne Bailey-Smith, explains: \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e'As an immigrant child, I often wished that someone had been able to take me aside and explain to me that leaving everything I knew to go on a so-called adventure to somewhere way beyond my imagination was going cause me an unimaginable sense of loss and sadness. I also wish that the same person had been there to reassure me that I would survive and even flourish, given half a chance. My work and conversations with children, young people and adults, as well as with many friends, have given me a unique insight into the travails of people who have experienced things for which they felt utterly unprepared at the time.'\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Yvonne Bailey-Smith\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1838386017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781838386016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Myriad Editions\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/22\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 400\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback","brand":"Yvonne Bailey-Smith","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43996054356223,"sku":"9781838386016","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_c40d2633-7c0a-4770-a99f-f89193741095.jpg?v=1683339432","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-day-i-fell-off-yvonne-bailey-smith-9781838386016","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}