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Termain, Rose
Tile of Book : The road home
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Lev arrives in London from an Eastern European town. He is jobless, knows little English and has left behind his elderly mother and 5 year old daughter. His ambition is to learn new skills and return home to a more prosperous way of life. A hard worker his goes from sleeping in the street to washing dishes, delivering pamplets, picking asparagus, and to working as a chef. He sends money home when possible. He then learns his old village is to be drowned by the waters of a new dam. By working 2 jobs and sheer preservance he eventually returns home to his family and opens a restuarant in a nearby town. Hard work and persistence win out. A slow start to his book but the story takes command.
8/10
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