Name: Direct From Manufacturer Road Home (Abridged)
Brand: Rose Tremain
SKU: SK0164452-US20260105-083122
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1. On the Coach, Lev Chose a Seat Near the Back

2. Towards 10 O’Clock Red Blankets Were Given Out

3. By the Time the Coach Crossed the Border

4. Lev Took Out His Vodka Flask and Drank

5. The Coach Pulled Into Victoria at Nine in the Morning

6. Lev Woke When Someone Touched His Shoulder

7. Reproaching Himself for His Laziness

8. It Was Already Afternoon

9. Lev Thanked Ahmed Again for the Free Food

10. By Late Afternoon, and with All the Leaflets

11. When Lev Woke Up

12. It Was Still Early in the Morning

13. As Lev Sat Down on One of the Leather Sofas

14. Soon After This, a Church Clock

15. With Lydias Help, Lev Found a Job

16. The Bathroom Was Painted White

17. GK Ashe Wasn’t the Way Lev Had Imagined Him

18. The London Heatwave Lasted a Long Time

19. Cold Autumn Arrived Without Warning

20. When the Temperature in London Had Dropped

21. Inside the Auditorium

22. On Monday Evening

23. When Lev Got Home to Belisha Road

24. Christy Was Trying to Stay Sober

25. Sophies Friend Samantha Was Bone Thin

26. He Found Himself Standing Next to Andy Portman

27. The English Winter Began to Bite

28. He Let Himself Be Led

29. On Christmas Morning, Lev Woke Up

30. Lev and Sophie Helped in the Kitchen

31. He Dressed and Lit a Cigarette

32. On the Morning Before the Restaurant Reopened

33. He Set Up the Spinach Colander

34. Lev Looked at the Boy

35. With the New Year, Mild Weather Arrived

36. Suddenly, Without Warning

37. A Text from Lydia Came to Levs Mobile

38. At Work That Evening

39. When He Got Up

40. It Rained on Sunday Morning

41. In the Noise and Deep Darkness of the Royal Court Theatre

42. Lev Turned Back to Face the Stage

43. Preece, Whose Single Diamond Earring Glittered

44. Not to Think About It

45. He Was Led Into a Police Station

46. Lev Was Back on the Plastic Chair in the Corridor

47. It Was After One O’Clock When Lev Dragged Himself

48. GK Ashe Was Waiting in the Kitchen for Lev

49. Lev Sat on the Rough Grass

50. Lev Heard the Door Bell Ringing

51. Midge Midgham Brought the Old Land Rover Round

52. Lev Didn’t Mind Sharing the Leaky Old Caravan

53. Midge Midgham Invited Lev to His House

54. Lev Waited. He Sat Down on the Cold Grass

55. To Be, or Not to Be

56. Early the Following Morning

57. He Woke in His Own Bed

58. A Greek Friend of Christy Slanes Known As Panno

59. On a Monday Afternoon

60. GKS Features Froze

61. It Was a While Before Lev Was Allowed to Meet Jasmina

62. The Following Morning He Did What He Always Did

63. The Line Was Cut

64. Lev Looked Round at the Small Space

65. The Kitchen at Ferndale Heights Stank

66. Ruby Closed the Album and Asked Lev to Tell Her

67. Back in Auror Nothing Had Moved Forward

68. One Morning When Lev Arrived at Ferndale Heights

69. Lev Flew Home in the Middle of Winter

70. After a While Rudi Began to Ask Questions

71. On the First Evening, They Decided to Have Dinner

72. On the Day They Left Auror Forever

73. Lev Went to Evas Bed

74. Levs Restaurant Opened in Deep Winter

75. Then, in the Early Summer

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Lev arrives in the UK with little English and even less money. For all it’s promise, London leaves him lonely and isolated, facing the seamier side of economic migration, until he discovers a passion that could lead him back home. But having a dream and realizing it are two very different things. Humane and deeply moving, the Road Home is vividly filled with the voices of those struggling to belong, whether in their own land or an adopted one.