Gillian Slovo

Evelyn, her husband Emil and young son Milton travel from Ceylon to Tilbury Docks to fulfil Evelyn’s dream of life in England. However, they find that 1950s' England does not welcome families who are of mixed race.

As the daughter of Joe Slovo and Ruth First, South Africa's anti-apartheid white activists, the author always had to come second to political ambition. Gillian Slovo and her sisters witnessed the extraordinary events in South Africa and the effects they had on their family's life.

A death at police hands has repercussions far beyond one family plunged into grief... As violence erupts the dead man becomes a useful tactic in political games at the highest level. So while lives are at risk on the Lovelace estate, across London in Westminster, careers are being made... or ruined.