{"product_id":"22-britannia-road-9780141399676","title":"22 Britannia Road","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e22 Britannia Road\u003c\/i\u003e by Amanda Hodgkinson is a heartbreaking and powerful novel about wartime secrets and the difficulties of adjusting to postwar life\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt 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 six years, but, they are assured, he has made them a home in Ipswich.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHowever, after living wild in the forests for years, carrying a terrible secret, all Silvana knows is that she and Aurek are survivors. Everything else is lost. While Janusz, a Polish soldier who has criss-crossed Europe during the war, hopes his family will help put his own dark past behind him.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut the war and the years apart will always haunt each of them unless they together confront what they were compelled to do to survive.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''The characters are so convincing and the writing''s so unshowily accomplished that it soon becomes something gripping. An admirable debut'' Daily Ma\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe characters are so convincing and the writing's  so unshowily accomplished that it soon becomes something gripping. An admirable  debut * Daily Mail *\u003cbr\u003e[A] powerful debut * Sunday Times Culture Magazine *\u003cbr\u003eA most accomplished first novel. Powerful story-telling and entirely convincing in its evocation of post-war England. Very good * Penelope Lively *\u003cbr\u003eKeep your Kleenex handy reading \u003ci\u003e22 Britannia Road\u003c\/i\u003e * Grazia *\u003cbr\u003eConvincing and touchingly portrayed * Independent on Sunday *\u003cbr\u003eLose yourself in this beautiful tragic tale * Stylist *\u003cbr\u003eA riveting historical novel, set in  post-WWII England, about a Polish couple  reunited after enduring - and committing - crimes of love and  war. * O, the Oprah Magazine *\u003cbr\u003eAn affecting story, extremely well told * The Times *\u003cbr\u003eA stark and beautiful book, alive to the compromises, deceptions and passions that traumatic situations can demand from the most circumspect of people * Marie Claire *\u003cbr\u003eA haunting debut that eschews sensationalism and unfurls with quiet delicacy * Easy Living *\u003cbr\u003e[An] ambitious debut * Financial Times *\u003cbr\u003eRiveting, luminous * The New York Times Book Review *\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Books Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51017579528535,"sku":"9780141399676","price":14.39,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780141399676.jpg?v=1750774009","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/22-britannia-road-9780141399676","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}