Description

In North London, Del and Viv are soul-sick. Del doesn’t want to be at home; staying out late – 3 p.m.-the-next-day late – is more her thing. Viv scours her schoolbooks trying to find a trace of herself between their lines.

When Enid takes her daughters to the local obeah woman for some traditional Caribbean soul-healing, secrets are spilled. There’s no turning back for Del, Viv and Enid as they negotiate the frictions between their countries and cultures.

Set Text: Leave Taking is a modern drama set text option for OCR’s GCSE English Literature. It will also be a modern-drama set-text option for AQA’s GCSE English Literature from September 2023, for first assessment in 2025.