✍ Scribed by Amanda Hodgkinson
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The characters are so convincing and the writing's so unshowily accomplished that it soon becomes something gripping. An admirable debut (Daily Mail )
[A] powerful debut (Sunday Times Culture Magazine )
A most accomplished first novel. Powerful story-telling and entirely convincing in its evocation of post-war England. Very good (Penelope Lively )
Keep your Kleenex handy reading 22 Britannia Road (Grazia )
Convincing and touchingly portrayed (Independent on Sunday )
Lose yourself in this beautiful tragic tale (Stylist )
A 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 )
An affecting story, extremely well told (The Times )
A stark and beautiful book, alive to the compromises, deceptions and passions that traumatic situations can demand from the most circumspect of people (Marie Claire )
A haunting debut that eschews sensationalism and unfurls with quiet delicacy (Easy Living )
[An] ambitious debut (Financial Times )
Riveting, luminous (The New York Times Book Review )
The characters are so convincing and the writing's so unshowily accomplished that it soon becomes something gripping. An admirable debut Daily Mail [A] powerful debut Sunday Times Culture Magazine A most accomplished first novel. Powerful story-telling and entirely convincing in its evocation of post-war England. Very good Penelope Lively Keep your Kleenex handy reading 22 Britannia Road Grazia Convincing and touchingly portrayed Independent on Sunday Lose yourself in this beautiful tragic tale Stylist A 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 An affecting story, extremely well told The Times A stark and beautiful book, alive to the compromises, deceptions and passions that traumatic situations can demand from the most circumspect of people Marie Claire A haunting debut that eschews sensationalism and unfurls with quiet delicacy Easy Living [An] ambitious debut Financial Times Riveting, luminous The New York Times Book Review
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ISBN : 9780141964980
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