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What themes later explored in the book are set out in the opening description of the trip to the British Empire Exhibition and Queenie’s first encounter with a black man?
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How are the attitudes of the US and British armed forces to black people portrayed? What are the differences and similarities?
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What techniques does Andrea Levy use to distinguish the voices of her four narrators? How reliable are their interpretations of the events described?
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What do we learn through the four main characters about society’s expectations of men and women?
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What similarities are there between Gilbert and Bernard’s wartime experiences? What changes do they see when they each return home?
