The Road Home
ABOUT
THE BOOK
Lev is on his way to Britain to seek work, so that he can send money back to Eastern Europe to support his mother and little daughter.
Readers will become totally involved with his story, as he struggles with the mysterious rituals of ‘Englishness’, and the fashions and fads of the London scene. We see the road Lev travels through Lev’s eyes, and we share his dilemmas: the intimacy of his friendships, old and new; his joys and sufferings; his aspirations and his hopes of finding his way home, wherever home may be.
NOMINATING LIBRARY COMMENTS
A sympathetic and believable portrait of an East European migrant in London, this novel depicts contemporary British society very well and encapsulates the frailty and vunerability of the human condition.
The Road Home is a compassionate look at Lev’s experiences as an Eastern European migrant worker in Contemporary Britain. It is also a superb personal odyssey for Lev. This novel engages the reader by evoking another way of life in Eastern Europe through characters we come to care deeply about. The language is rich and powerful, most of all, and at the centre of the book is the determination to find the road home.