The Road Home - Rose Tremain

A fascinating insight into the lives of economic migrants and the sheer determination required to succeed when starting out with nothing, as well as a compelling exploration of life after bereavement. The past can never be recaptured, and so the road home after a period of exile in England leads not to life as it was, but to a fresh start in a nearby town, and the central journey is about reconnecting with people and finding hope and energy after a period of numbness and flight.