Another Man in the Street she finds herself unexpectedly rising

she finds herself unexpectedly rising up the social ranks

while the compelling personal stories leave the reader feeling connected and ready to begin again

For she will never be just Charlotte again

things are turning even grimmer

His chronicling of peoples’ lives shows the experience of a writer who has traveled widely and thought deeply about the state of our world

Another Man in the Street she finds herself unexpectedly risingAuthor: Phillips, Caryl BVI LITERARY FESTIVAL BOOK CLUB PICK: March 2026 At the height of the Swinging Sixties, Victor Johnson, a young immigrant from the Caribbean, arrives in London with dreams of becoming a journalist in the mother country. Instead, he finds work collecting rent for Peter Feldman, a landlord equally kind and unscrupulous, and then falls into a relationship with Peters lonely secretary, Ruth, herself a migrant from the north of