Rose Tremain: The Road Home

I read my first Rose Tremain novel recently and can't recommend her book The Road Home highly enough so I thought I'd blog it.

It's about an outsider coming to London. I know just how he feels.

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Clippy Mat said…
Hey, I own that book too.
I liked it.
Just catching up on your blog, so I'm all over the place. I only found it tonight when I was trying to find a Corrie update on Vera's funeral because I missed it last night here on CBC.
Great Blog.
12:56 AM
Glenda Young said…
Thanks very much Clippy Mat :-)
4:28 PM
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