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Amanda Hodgkinson was born in Burnham-on-Sea in Somerset and grew up in Essex and Suffolk. She currently lives in south-west France with her husband and two daughters. This is her first novel.
The characters are so convincing and the writing's so unshowily accomplished that it soon becomes something gripping. An admirable debut * Daily Mail * [A] powerful debut * Sunday Times Culture Magazine * A most accomplished first novel. Powerful story-telling and entirely convincing in its evocation of post-war England. Very good * Penelope Lively * Keep your Kleenex handy reading 22 Britannia Road * Grazia * Convincing and touchingly portrayed * Independent on Sunday * Lose yourself in this beautiful tragic tale * Stylist * A riveting historical novel, set in post-WWII England, about a Polish couple reunited after enduring - and committing - crimes of love and war. * O, the Oprah Magazine * An affecting story, extremely well told * The Times * A stark and beautiful book, alive to the compromises, deceptions and passions that traumatic situations can demand from the most circumspect of people * Marie Claire * A haunting debut that eschews sensationalism and unfurls with quiet delicacy * Easy Living *
