Amanda Hodgkinson is one
of the authors appearing at the Parisot Literary Festival and I'm looking forward to going along and hearing her talk about her book.
(Festival news can be found on festlitt.blogspot.fr/
Wednesday, September 25, 2013
22 Britannia Road by Amanda Hodgkinson
I thoroughly enjoyed
this book. The story alternates between the
present and past. It is about the survival
of a Polish family during and after the Second World War. It
tells the story of Janusz, Silvana and their son Aurek, separated at the start
of the war and reunited seen years later in England. The chapters alternate between their life at
22 Britannia Road, Ipswich and their separate ordeals during the war. This structure works well and we get to hear
both Janusz and Silvana’s individual voices.
I guessed early on what
Silvana’s secret was, but that didn’t stop me wanting to read on as I cared
enough about the characters to find out what was going to happen. I loved the author’s attention to detail and
the beautiful descriptions. I look
forward to reading more from this author.
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Thanks very much for promoting the event, Anita. We hope lots of people will come. Provisionally, Deborah Lawrenson (whose The Lantern you review below) might come next year.
ReplyDeleteHi Vanessa - I'm really looking forward to the literary festival. That's great news that you've got plans for one next year too and fingers crossed that Deborah Lawrenson comes along as I enjoyed the Lantern and I've just bought The Art of Falling.
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