- Two Caravans
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name =Two Caravans
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author =Marina Lewycka
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country =England
language = English
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genre = Novel
publisher =Penguin Books (Fig Tree in the UK)
pub_date =29 March ,2007
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media_type = Print (Hardcover )
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isbn = ISBN 0670916374
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followed_by =Two Caravans is a novel by
Marina Lewycka . It was published byPenguin Books on 29 March2007 for theUnited Kingdom market. In theUnited States andCanada it is published under the title "Strawberry Fields". The book follows Lewycka's debut novel "A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian ".Plot summary
A crew of
migrant workers from three continents are forced to flee their Englishstrawberry field for a journey across all ofEngland in pursuit of their various dreams of a better future.The story centres on a group of migrant workers who hail from Eastern Europe, China, and Africa and have come to
Kent to harvest strawberries for delivery to the supermarkets, and end up living in two small caravans, a men's caravan and a women's caravan. They are all seeking a better life (and in their different ways they are also, of course, looking for love) and they've come to England, some legally, some illegally, to find it.They are supervised by Farmer Leaping, a red-faced man who treats everyone equally except for the Polish woman named Yola, the boss of the crew, who favors him with her charms in exchange for something a little extra on the side. But the two are discreet, and all is harmonious in this cozy vale – until the evening when Farmer Leaping's wife comes upon him and Yola and in retaliation she runs him down in her red sports car. By the time the police arrive the migrant workers have piled into one of the trailer homes and quickly leave their arcadia, thus setting off on a journey across the length and breadth of England.
Reviews
* [http://observer.guardian.co.uk/review/story/0,,2047208,00.html "The Observer"]
* [http://women.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/women/article1530630.ece "The Times"]
* [http://arts.independent.co.uk/books/reviews/article2432977.ececom "The Independent"]
* [http://www.timeout.com/london/books/review/book/363/marina_lewycka_two_caravans.html "Time Out"]
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