'Small Island'

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Across
  1. 4. The war that serves as a backdrop to the story (abbr.)
  2. 5. Country where much of the play takes place
  3. 7. What Gilbert and Hortense both dream of owning one day
  4. 12. As well as British, Andrea Levy's heritage also made her
  5. 14. Gilbert's nationality during World War II
  6. 15. The woman Gilbert marries
  7. 16. Windrush The ship that carried hundreds of passengers from the Caribbean to Britain in 1948
  8. 17. The prejudice and racism encountered in England
  9. 18. Gilbert's service branch during WWII
Down
  1. 1. City where much of the play takes place
  2. 2. The land of opportunity, in Hortense’s mind
  3. 3. The English woman who rents out rooms
  4. 6. Gilbert's dream profession
  5. 8. The father of Queenie's baby
  6. 9. Hortense's ambition
  7. 10. Island where Hortense and Gilbert are from
  8. 11. The month and year the Empire Windrush arrived in Britain
  9. 13. The social system challenged by interracial relationships in the novel
  10. 14. Queenie’s husband who goes missing in the war