Hearts and Minds - Amanda Craig

Having picked this up for 50p in a charity shop as I liked the cover was interested to know what this book would be about. Set in the current time in London the story focusses on the underworld of illegal immigrants as 5 interlinking stories meet. Characters Polly - a human rights lawyer who spends all of her time working with immigrants before they are deported. Despite this she employs a nanny who is not in the country legally which seemed to me to be a real contradiction in terms. The character of Polly, whilst seeming at time like a bleeding heart liberal develops throughout the novel as she is forced to see both the good and bad side of ...  Read the complete review