E-audiobook
22 Britannia Road [electronic resource] : [a novel] / Amanda Hodgkinson.
In this tale of a Polish family desperately trying to put itself back together after WWII, Silvana and Janusz travel to England where they attempt to put the past behind them. But the secrets they carry pull at the threads of their fragile peace.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780307940551 (sound recording)
- ISBN: 0307940551 (sound recording)
- Publisher: New York, N.Y. : Books on Tape, p2011.
Content descriptions
| General Note: | Unabridged. |
| Participant or Performer Note: | Read by Robin Sachs. |
| System Details Note: | Requires OverDrive Media Console (file size: 161798 KB). Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
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| Genre: | Psychological fiction. Audiobooks. |
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- Findaway World Llc
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.
One of the most searing debuts to come along in years.
