22 Britannia Road

Author: Amanda Hodgkinson

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 c….Read More

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