Concrete Dreams Sarah Watkinson grey environs of the East

grey environs of the East Yorkshire river

perceptive and endearing narrator

Alison Williams

especially Cao Shui’er

though the church is banned

Concrete Dreams Sarah Watkinson grey environs of the EastConcrete Dreams tells the gripping story of Lucas Bostock, a Jamaican immigrant who arrives in 1950s London determined to succeed and to impose his vision of success on his family. A harsh, domineering man, shaped and scarred by survival, Lucas is no ones idea of a nice man. When his wife Rhoda finally leaves him, taking their only daughter, hes left to raise their three sons with a mix of toughness, pride, and unrelenting ambition. Lucas believes