Cutie - Douglas, Beverley
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Ten years after the Second World War, England is broken and labour shortages threaten its recovery. The UK government reaches out to the West Indies. Thousands of men, women and children arrive during the 1950s. They are known as the 'Windrush' generation. A chance meeting in Derbyshire changes the lives of Vincent and Agatha. They marry and build a life that is a far cry from their native country of Jamaica. With better job opportunities in Bristol, they move to the inner city and raise six children. Cutie is their youngest child. She is a free-spirited, headstrong tomboy with an innate…mehr

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Ten years after the Second World War, England is broken and labour shortages threaten its recovery. The UK government reaches out to the West Indies. Thousands of men, women and children arrive during the 1950s. They are known as the 'Windrush' generation. A chance meeting in Derbyshire changes the lives of Vincent and Agatha. They marry and build a life that is a far cry from their native country of Jamaica. With better job opportunities in Bristol, they move to the inner city and raise six children. Cutie is their youngest child. She is a free-spirited, headstrong tomboy with an innate passion for nature and the outdoors. Cutie finds solace in her favourite play space and shares a summer of unimaginable adventures there with her best friend Paulette. The 1980s sees the political uprising of inner cities across the country. A new generation is dawning and Cutie and her friends find themselves in the thick of it. Confronted with a previously forgotten, deep-rooted memory of her past, Cutie is desperate to keep her demons buried. At eighteen, Cutie leaves home and enjoys her newfound freedom. Then, a life-altering incident stops her in her tracks. A year later, a chance encounter with a man changes everything forever.
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Beverley Douglas was born to Jamaican parents in Bristol in 1964. She grew up in a loving home with her older siblings. With very few recreation facilities at that time, children played on bomb sites or in the street. Concerned parents lobbied the local authority and a safe play space was provided for all children. The disused colliery and stone yard around the corner from her house was transformed. In 1972, Felix Road Adventure Playground was opened and Beverley has fond childhood memories of the times she spent enjoying the freedom of this special place.At a young age, Beverley experienced racism and had to flee for her safety whilst walking home from a youth club. She also encountered many challenges within the education system, but that didn't stop her becoming a police officer. In 1983 she joined the Avon and Somerset Special Constabulary. Five years later she joined the Regulars. After more than three decades of an enjoyable, sometimes challenging career, she retired in 2017. Now she and her husband Richard live between the UK and Gozo, Malta where she continues to write.