The Road Home by Rose Tremain won the Orange Prize for Fiction in 2008 and having now read it, I can say the win was very well deserved. Lev, a Russian, moves to London to seek his fortune and send money home to his family in his small village. He had come prepared, so he thought, but soon learns that the reality of his new life is very hard. The reader follows his adventures and misadventures as he navigates his way around a new life in a very different country. We feel his loneliness and his frustration, follow his struggles and wince at his mistakes. He dreams of being a chef with his own restaurant - will this dream come true? This is one of those books that is sad to finish. The writing is so good and is a great story. 5/5Monday, August 24, 2009
The Road Home
The Road Home by Rose Tremain won the Orange Prize for Fiction in 2008 and having now read it, I can say the win was very well deserved. Lev, a Russian, moves to London to seek his fortune and send money home to his family in his small village. He had come prepared, so he thought, but soon learns that the reality of his new life is very hard. The reader follows his adventures and misadventures as he navigates his way around a new life in a very different country. We feel his loneliness and his frustration, follow his struggles and wince at his mistakes. He dreams of being a chef with his own restaurant - will this dream come true? This is one of those books that is sad to finish. The writing is so good and is a great story. 5/5
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