Literary Fiction · HopefulLev, a widowed immigrant from eastern Europe, goes to London to earn money for his family
The Road Home
by Rose Tremain
A widowed sawmill worker travels to London to support his family back home
Lev is a middle-aged, recently widowed man from Auror, an unnamed eastern European village. When the sawmill where he works closes, he travels to London to earn money for his mother, his five-year-old daughter Maya and his best friend. He first works in a kebab shop and then washes dishes at a five-star restaurant. Chatto & Windus published it in 2007, and it won the 2008 Orange Prize.
More about this book
Who
Lev, a widowed immigrant, and the family he left behind.
World
An eastern European village and London.
What makes it different
It follows an immigrant's first jobs in London, from a kebab shop to a dish pit at a five-star restaurant.
Feel
Hopeful, with humor.
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Further reading
- The Road HomeWikipedia