New Arrivals on West India Dock Road Quotes

“Yes," Divya says. "But we have each other."
Charity rests her head in the crook of Divya’s shoulder. "That we do."
Divya doesn’t know what the future holds. How their part of the world will change with the country, the world, at war. She tells Charity, "We will face whatever is to come, whatever Hitler, the war, or life will throw at us, together."
"Hear, hear," Mrs Kerridge says.
And everyone cheers.
Since Divya was chased out of her childhood village, she’s wanted to be part of a community, to belong.
Now she does.”
― Renita D'Silva, New Arrivals on West India Dock Road