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The Road Home

By: Rose Tremain
Narrated by: Juliet Stevenson
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Winner of the Orange Broadband Prize for Fiction 2008, The Road Home is the best-selling story of Lev, a middle-aged migrant from Eastern Europe, who moves to London in search of work after losing his wife and job. Lev's London is awash with money, celebrity and complacency. The world Tremain creates is both convincing and poignant.

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Critic reviews

"'A man may travel far, but his heart will be slow to catch up,' a kebab shop owner tells Lev, a homeless and jobless East European migrant newly arrived in London. The interior life of displacement and loss remains centre stage in this tenderly narrated Orange prize-winner." ( The Observer)
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This is really good book - just listen to it - and enjoy this story.

A really good book

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This was a wonderful story.
Compassionate, funny, raw, in parts uplifting!
Will stay with me

Beautiful and Powerful

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Beautifully narrated by Juliet Stevenson, this book tells the heartbreaking but finally uplifting story of lev a Russian migrant. How hard life can be for some. Can recommend this book for a good read, but a bit slow in the beginning.

Great story

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This is one of the most moving and enjoyable audiobooks I have had the pleasure of experiencing. The writing is spare, exact and beautiful and Juliet Stevenson’s reading is masterly, capturing all the accents perfectly and injecting just the right amount of pathos . It was a real treat!

A treat

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Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?

I would definitely recommend this book. It is well written, heartwarming and ultimately optimistic.

Who was your favorite character and why?

Lev is the character whose journey the book is about. He has such simple integrity that you feel he will make his way despite setbacks.

What about Juliet Stevenson’s performance did you like?

Juliet Stevenson's performance is sublime. It is incredible how she makes each and every one of the characters authentic - her skill with voices (male or female) and accents is so impressive.
Her characterisation of Lev is inspired.

Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?

I could have listened to this book all in one sitting.

Any additional comments?

This is a book I will be listening to again because I just love the performance.

A beautiful book, beautifully performed.

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