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22 Britannia Road
- A Novel
- Narrated by: Robin Sachs
- Length: 11 hrs and 15 mins
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Publisher's Summary
A tour de force that echoes modern classics like Suite Francaise and The Postmistress.
"Housekeeper or housewife?" the soldier asks Silvana as she and eight-year-old Aurek board the ship that will take them from Poland to England at the end of World War II. There her husband, Janusz, is already waiting for them at the little house at 22 Britannia Road. But the war has changed them all so utterly that they'll barely recognize one another when they are reunited. "Survivor", she answers.
Silvana and Aurek spent the war hiding in the forests of Poland. Wild, almost feral Aurek doesn't know how to tie his own shoes or sleep in a bed. Janusz is an Englishman now - determined to forget Poland, forget his own ghosts from the way, and begin a new life as a proper English family. But for Silvana, who cannot escape the painful memory of a shattering wartime act, forgetting is not a possibility.
What the critics say
"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)
"Convincing and touchingly portrayed." (Independent on Sunday)