Clover's Child

When eighteen-year-old Dot meets Sol, she feels that at last, love has arrived…

Solomon Arbuthnott is a handsome young soldier from St Lucia. Dot is a shopgirl from Limehouse. They are soon dreaming of their future together: a life of blue skies, sunshine, laughter and love.

But in 1961, East End girls don’t date West Indian boys, let alone leave the country with them. They obey their families and live the lives they planned. Even if the consequences rip their heart in two…