Binding: Paperback
EAN: 9780099478461
ISBN: 0099478463
Label: Vintage
Manufacturer: Vintage
Number Of Pages: 320
Publication Date: June 12, 2008
Publisher: Vintage
Studio: Vintage

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Rating: - Entertaining Read, But Unoriginal and Easily Forgotten
I'm stuck between giving this book a 2 star rating (because, I know that in a few hours time I'll never think about it, or any of the characters again), or a 4 star rating (because, despite it's faults, it did provide me with entertainment for the past few days). So I think I'll settle with a cowardly 3/5, though, if I'm honest, it probably deserves less.

I feel that Tremain had all the foundations for a brilliant, life altering, inspiring + revitilasing novel, but realised none of these ... Read More

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Rating: - Enjoyable read but not my favourite Rose Tremain novel
I enjoyed this book, however, out of the four Rose Tremain novels that I've read, this is my least favourite.

I couldn't understand why Levs' home country was fictional, and felt that the only reason could be was that Tremain couldn't be bothered to do her research this time, and did she feel obliged to bang a story out quickly simply to please her agent and readers?

The approach taken with 'The Road Home' is in stark contrast to, for example, 'Music and Silence' which, in ... Read More

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Rating: - A surprisingly good read
Having never read a Rose Tremain book before, I was slightly off put by the title and cover of the book - but as the saying goes, never judge a book by its cover. I was truly caught up in the trials and tribulations of Lev, who struggles, and succeeds in some ways to "make it" in London as a Polish migrant worker. Armed with very few English words - "I am legal", "May I help you", he faces many difficult times before he is helped out by people he meets along the way. A great read with a fantastic cast ... Read More

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Rating: - To be or not to be.
What would you do if you lived in a post communist, economically ravaged country devoid of employment opportunities and responsible for an ageing mother and and young daughter? Perhaps, like Lev, you would leave your home and try and earn a living in a foreign land. This is the essence of Tremain's sensitive treatment of an economic migrant's almost desperate attempt to improve his lot. Tremain places the widower Lev within a harsh London landscape where suspicion, rascism and exploitation are never far ... Read More

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Rating: - Reads like a true story
When this book was first published I wasn't sure I would like it, but because I've enjoyed Rose Tremain's other work I decided to give it a try. I was not disappointed.

There are plenty of reviews that outline the story in some detail. Suffice it to say, therefore, that the novel follows the journey of Lev from his Eastern European homeland to Britain in search of work that will enable him to better the lives of his mother and daughter in his unnamed home country. His experiences in the alien ... Read More

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