"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 [...]
"Hodgkinson's portrait of the primal bond between mother and child . . . leaves an indelible impression." --"The New York Times Book Review"Debuting its first week on the "New York Times" bestseller list and earning comparisons to "Sophie's Choice" and "Sarah's Key," "22 Britannia Road" is an astoni[...]
War changes us all, and sometimes we no longer recognise ourselves...'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 the war, to Janusz, her husband. But she isn't sure any longer that she is[...]
1913. Unmarried sisters Nellie and Vivian Marsh live an impoverished existence in a tiny cottage on the banks of the Little River in Suffolk. Their life is quiet and predictable, until a sudden flood throws up a strange fish on their doorstep and a travelling man who will change them forever.
En roman om kjærlighet, tap og tilgivelseDa andre verdenskrig slutter, går en mor og hennes åtte år gamle sønn om bord i skipet som skal ta dem til deres nye hjem i England. Silvana er en skygge av seg selv, og hun vet bare to ting: De har overlevd. Og ingen må få vite om den fryktelige hemme[...]
Kritikerrosad debutroman om mörka hemligheter och hoppets styrka!
Silvana och Janusz är förälskade och nygifta när andra världskriget bryter ut. Silvana och den nyfödde sonen Aurek flyr till de stora skogarna i östra Europa. Janusz tvingas ut i kriget som soldat.
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