I just loved, loved, loved this book. It is so beautifully written that I wanted to read it slowly to savour every word. The Road Home is of an Eastern European man, Lev, who goes to London to look for work so he can send back money to his family. It is a truly humbling book that made me see just how much we take things for granted over here – work, acceptance, even dreams don’t seem so far off for us like they do for Lev. I found it a really powerful book and although this is the first of Tremain’s that I have read, it certainly won’t be the last. I highly recommend this book.
Trespass, Tremains new book, is out in the UK in March and I can’t wait to rea it. I will review when I have read it:
Here is a synopsys from Amazon: “In a silent valley stands an isolated stone farmhouse, the Mas Lunel. Its owner is Aramon Lunel, an alcoholic so haunted by his violent past that he’s become incapable of all meaningful action, letting his hunting dogs starve and his land go to ruin. Meanwhile, his sister, Audrun, alone in her modern bungalow within sight of the Mas Lunel, dreams of exacting retribution for the unspoken betrayals that have blighted her life. Into this closed Cevenol world comes Anthony Verey, a wealthy but disillusioned antiques dealer from London. Now in his sixties, Anthony hopes to remake his life in France, and he begins looking at properties in the region. From the moment he arrives at the Mas Lunel, a frightening and unstoppable series of consequences is set in motion. Two worlds and two cultures collide. Ancient boundaries are crossed, taboos are broken, a violent crime is committed. And all the time the Cevennes hills remain, as cruel and seductive as ever, unforgettably captured in this powerful and unsettling novel, which reveals yet another dimension to Rose Tremain’s extraordinary imagination.”
Shirley
The Infernal World of Branwell Bronte 
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