I have just finished The Road Home by Rose Tremain. Its worth a thousand reports and investigations about immigration amd 'them' I keep hearing and reading about. As usual Tremain really gets deep into the hearts and minds of her characters in way that renders understanding and compassion for them a human beings just like us. On the way through the novel Tremain has some delicious swipes at modern art and theatre, care of the elderly and the lack of real community in molst of society. There are however some tender pictures of characters who do their best despite the struggle they have to survive both here and in eastern Europe. I felt a bit let down by the ending but Tremain never was one to let the reader off the hook!!!!!! 8/10