Forever and Ever Amen is the story of the childhood experiences of James a nineyear old living in Manchester in the late 1960s Frequent flashbacks to half remembered events in St Kitts signal ongoing connections between the two locations Issues of class migration poverty and racism linger at the edge of the boys partial insights into family happenings and personal histories All this is told with an eye on the priorities of a child lemon fudgesicles runny egg yolk and Chinese burns in the playground Previously published by Hodder Headline