![]() The proprietor Sophie and her husband Richard have been working on a number of schemes to pay for the substantial costs of running the property. Like many grand old houses passed through generations of the aristocracy, this estate has run into financial trouble. The novel begins with her arrive an indoctrination into this particular kind of English life. Mirka moved to London from her native Slovakia, but she found the city somewhat oppressive so answered an ad to work within an English country estate. This novel dynamically portrays the insular attitudes of some English people from the perspective of an outsider. Sadly many people in London have these views as do many people in rural England where this novel takes place. ![]() ![]() I have conservative colleagues at my office who complain generally about immigrants destroying the country – despite one of them being married to an Eastern European and me being an immigrant but oddly I’m considered outside of this label. It was much easier for me to integrate into English culture because I’m American whereas someone coming from Eastern Europe like the narrator of Laura Kaye’s debut novel “English Animals” will inevitably face more challenges. I’ve certainly been welcomed into the society, but I’m always conscious a national division exists. ![]() I moved to England seventeen years ago and although I’ve lived here my entire adult life I don’t think I’ll ever feel wholly English. ![]() Being an immigrant gives someone a unique perspective on a country and its culture. ![]()
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