{"product_id":"9781787333161","title":"PRE-ORDER NOW What We Leave We Carry: Voices of Migration to Britain by Colin Grant","description":"\u003cp\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e PRE-ORDER NOW - Published: 04\/06\/2026 \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhat do we leave behind when we move to a new place - and what do we carry with us, physically and emotionally, wherever we land?Here are the voices of people who have come to Britain to make a new life: a Czech-Roma lawyer in Reading, an Iranian taxi driver in Shropshire, a Sierra Leonean actor in Northampton, a Romanian police officer in Edinburgh.   Colin Grant has travelled the country and listened to their stories - foundational tales of arriving in a new land, along with rarely spoken stories of love and loss. Together, these accounts ask questions about assimilation, identity, belonging and the emotional cost of migration in twenty-first-century Britain.   Candid, profoundly human, sometimes funny and always moving, What We Leave We Carry is a chance to listen to Britain - in all its richness and complexity.   PRAISE FOR HOMECOMING by COLIN GRANT:'Oral history at its finest' Daily Mail'Prickles with beautiful, comic and brutal details' Observer'An extraordinary and compelling book' Daily Telegraph'Utterly fascinating' New Statesman'A hopeful, angry, tear-jerking read' Grazia'Essential reading' Guardian \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003eBinding: Hardback","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56369161240949,"sku":"9781787333161","price":22.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9781787333161.jpg?v=1774539421","url":"https:\/\/backstory.london\/products\/9781787333161","provider":"Backstory","version":"1.0","type":"link"}