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Dec 31, 2002 | ISBN 9780452282926 Buy
Dec 31, 2002 | ISBN 9781101563397 Buy
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Dec 31, 2002 | ISBN 9780452282926
Dec 31, 2002 | ISBN 9781101563397
Winner of the Orange Prize for FictionIn 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).
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.
“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
Orange Prize for Fiction WINNER
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