Mendez's debut novel is a frank, gripping, coming-of-age story which begins in the Black Country of England in the 1950s. Later, we meet British-Jamaican Jesse,19 years old, as he comes to terms with his racial & sexual identity along with his family history.
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"What It Feels Like To Be British-Jamaican..." Bustle, 2019
"Windrush Generation: Who Are They?" BBC News, 2021
"Windrush Stories: The Arrivants." British Library
About the Author, Publisher's site, 2020
Mendez Reads from Rainbow Milk, 2020 (4 min)
Paul Mendez on Rainbow Milk, 2020 (3 min)
Q&A With Paul Mendez BookWeb, 2021
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Irish Times, 2020
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