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22 Britannia Road
Amanda Hodgkinson
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Description for 22 Britannia Road
Paperback. It is 1946 and Silvana and eight-year-old Aurek board a ship that take them from Poland to England. Silvana has not seen her husband Janusz in six years, but, they are assured, he has made them a home in Ipswich. However, after living wild in the forests for years, carrying a terrible secret, all Silvana knows is that she and Aurek are survivors. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 133 x 27. Weight in Grams: 256.
22 Britannia Road by Amanda Hodgkinson is a heartbreaking and powerful novel about wartime secrets and the difficulties of adjusting to postwar life
It is 1946 and Silvana and eight-year-old Aurek board a ship that will take them from Poland to England. Silvana has not seen her husband Janusz in six years, but, they are assured, he has made them a home in Ipswich.
However, after living wild in the forests for years, carrying a terrible secret, all Silvana knows is that she and Aurek are survivors. Everything else is lost. While Janusz, a Polish soldier who has ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Condition
New
Number of Pages
400
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780141399676
SKU
V9780141399676
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 4 to 8 working days
Ref
99-2
About Amanda Hodgkinson
Amanda Hodgkinson was born in Burnham-on-Sea in Somerset and grew up in Essex and Suffolk. She currently lives in south-west France with her husband and two daughters. This is her first novel.
Reviews for 22 Britannia Road
The characters are so convincing and the writing's so unshowily accomplished that it soon becomes something gripping. An admirable debut
Daily Mail
[A] powerful debut
Sunday Times Culture Magazine
A most accomplished first novel. Powerful story-telling and entirely convincing in its evocation of post-war England. Very good
Penelope Lively
Keep your Kleenex ... Read more
Daily Mail
[A] powerful debut
Sunday Times Culture Magazine
A most accomplished first novel. Powerful story-telling and entirely convincing in its evocation of post-war England. Very good
Penelope Lively
Keep your Kleenex ... Read more