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First published in 1995, this touching autobiography offers a record of the experience of immigration, by the well-known TV presenter and actress.
Synopsis
When Floella Benjamin first came to England from Trinidad in the early sixties, her joy at being reunited with her mother overcomes the shock at her new surroundings in cold, noisy London but when she starts school she is upset by the rejection she faces. This book is about one of Britain's best-loved television personalities.