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When I Lived in Modern Times

By Linda Grant

By Linda Grant

By Linda Grant

By Linda Grant

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Dec 31, 2002 | ISBN 9780452282926

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Dec 31, 2002 | ISBN 9781101563397

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    About When I Lived in Modern Times

    Winner of the Orange Prize for Fiction

    In the spring of 1946, Evelyn Sert stands on the deck of a ship bound for Palestine. For the twenty-year-old from London, it is a time of adventure and change when all things seem possible.

    Swept up in the spirited, chaotic churning of her new, strange country, she joins a kibbutz, then moves on to the teeming metropolis of Tel Aviv, to find her own home and a group of friends as eccentric and disparate as the city itself. She falls in love with a man who is not what he seems when she becomes an unwitting spy for a nation fighting to be born. When I Lived in Modern Times is “an unsentimental coming-of-age story of both a country and a young immigrant . . . that provides an unforgettable glimpse of a time and place rarely observed” (Publishers Weekly, starred review).

    About When I Lived in Modern Times

    Winner of the Orange Prize for Fiction

    In the spring of 1946, Evelyn Sert stands on the deck of a ship bound for Palestine. For the twenty-year-old from London, it is a time of adventure and change when all things seem possible.

    Swept up in the spirited, chaotic churning of her new, strange country, she joins a kibbutz, then moves on to the teeming metropolis of Tel Aviv, to find her own home and a group of friends as eccentric and disparate as the city itself. She falls in love with a man who is not what he seems when she becomes an unwitting spy for a nation fighting to be born. When I Lived in Modern Times is “an unsentimental coming-of-age story of both a country and a young immigrant . . . that provides an unforgettable glimpse of a time and place rarely observed” (Publishers Weekly, starred review).

    About Linda Grant

    Linda Grant is the author of Blind Trust, Love nor Money, (an Anthony Award Finalist for Best Novel of 1991), and A Woman’s Place. She lives in Berkeley, California, and was formerly the president of Sisters in Crime.

    About Linda Grant

    Linda Grant is the author of Blind Trust, Love nor Money, (an Anthony Award Finalist for Best Novel of 1991), and A Woman’s Place. She lives in Berkeley, California, and was formerly the president of Sisters in Crime.

    Product Details

    Category: Historical Fiction

    Paperback | $18.00
    Published by Plume
    Dec 31, 2002 | 272 Pages | 5-5/16 x 8 | ISBN 9780452282926

    Category: Historical Fiction

    Ebook | $6.99
    Published by Plume
    Dec 31, 2002 | 272 Pages | ISBN 9781101563397
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    Praise

    “A stunning accomplishment…A vivid account of an elusive piece of recent history”
    –Chicago Sun-Times

    “Informed, intelligent…vital, original. ”
    –The New York Times

    “Deeply moving…at once a beautifully rendered story of one woman’s coming of age, and a gripping portrait of the last days of British rule. ”
    –Boston Globe

    “Ms. Grant’s fast-paced novel succeeds on many levels. It recreates the historical era accurately with sophisicated prose and lively jests about the human condition.”
    –Dallas Morning News

    “Appealing…[When I Lived in Modern Times] offers an unsentimental view of a young woman’s coming-of-age in a paradoxically ancient and newborn land. [A] compelling tale of a Middle Eastern adventure.”
    –US Weekly

    Awards

    Orange Prize for Fiction WINNER

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