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13. Discrimination

13/15Hortense is forced to face up to prejudice when she attempts to get a job.

12/15Bernard is demobbed, but an indiscretion leads him to postpone his homecoming.

11/15Queenie's husband Bernard explains how Indian independence spells the end of the Empire.

10/15The war ends but where is Queenie's husband Bernard?

9/15Jamaican serviceman Gilbert Joseph joins Queenie for a trip to the cinema.

8/15Gilbert faces prejudice as he trains to serve in his mother country.

7/15Hortense's landlady Queenie tells of her war job - and her boring husband.

6/15Hortense meets her landlady, Queenie Bligh in cold and dreary London.

5/15Hortense comes up with an extraordinary plan to get to England.

4/15Hortense is still in Kingston, but her heart longs for England and Michael.