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ABOUT BEVERLEY
Beverley Douglas is a retired police officer, author, and lifelong advocate for justice. The youngest of nine children in a Jamaican family from the Windrush generation, she overcame early challenges to build a 30-year career in policing, mentoring, and community work.
Her debut memoir, Cutie (2021), shares a vibrant and heartfelt portrait of growing up in 1970s Bristol. Today, Beverley writes, mentors, and co-hosts The Real Women Show on BCFM Radio, dividing her time between Bristol and Gozo, Malta.
CUTIE
Ten years after the Second World War, England is broken and labour shortages threaten its recovery. The UK government reaches out to the West Indies. Thousands of men, women and children arrive during the 1950s. They are known as the 'Windrush' generation.
A chance meeting in Derbyshire changes the lives of Vincent and Agatha. They marry and build a life that is a far cry from their native country of Jamaica. With better job opportunities in Bristol, they move to the inner city and raise six children.
Cutie is their youngest child.
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