"The Road Home" is the best-selling story of Lev, a middle-aged migrant from Eastern Europe, who moves to London in search of work after losing his wife and job. Lev's London is awash with money, celebrity and complacency. The world Tremain creates is both convincing and poignant. Rose Tremain is one of England's bestselling literary novelists. Her books have won many prizes including the Whitbread Novel of the Year and the James Tait Black Memorial Prize. "The Colour" and "The Way I Found Her" are in development as films, and she is currently working on a television project to star Ian McKellen.