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 was broken and labour shortages threatened its recovery. The UK government reached out to the West Indies. Thousands of men, women and children arrived during the 1950s. They were known as the 'Windrush' generation.
A chance meeting in Derbyshire changed the lives of Vincent and Agatha. They married and built a life that was a far cry from their native country of Jamaica. With better job opportunities in Bristol, they moved to the inner city and raised six children.
Cutie is their youngest child.
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