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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).

"Informed, intelligent . . . vital, original." (The New York Times)

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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).

"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." (The Boston Globe)]]> 2000 4 0 false Thu Feb 26 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Thu Feb 12 09:34:39 -0800 2009 Thu Feb 26 08:44:02 -0800 2009 more...]]> 15053423 42050 855920 0525945946 9780525945949 1 <![CDATA[When I Lived in Modern Times]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1178932541m/855920.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1178932541s/855920.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/855920.When_I_Lived_in_Modern_Times 2.25 4 When I Lived in Modern Times, which won Linda Grant the 2000 Orange Prize. "Scratch a Jew and you've got a story." Her account is no less complicated than that of any other displaced European Jew in the postwar years. Separated from her family, she searches for some kind of reliable identity in an inhospitable new land--and in shining, Bauhaus-influenced Tel Aviv, she finds that she is more English than Israeli. Lo and behold, she becomes Priscilla Jones, a peroxided Londoner with an absent policeman husband. She is at her most "real," it seems, when pretending, and revels in her ability to be entirely accepted among the English women whose hair she cuts and curls. Outside of their petty and casually anti-Semitic circle, meanwhile, she struggles with Hebrew, the heat, the unfamiliar food, and an alien way of life.

In Palestine, of course, the English are the enemy. Evelyn is soon drawn into a world of shifting identities, lies, and secrets by her passionate Zionist boyfriend, Johnny. Even then, she is never quite sure which side she is on, or where she belongs. All of this makes her a prototypical inhabitant of Linda Grant's Tel Aviv, a city of contradictions and of hope. More to the point, Grant's heroine is a fully believable figure, a chameleon of a kind readily recognizable to those of us who grew up as part of the seismic displacement of peoples that accompanied World War II--and, alas, to anyone who has been caught up in the more recent exoduses from Bosnia, Kosovo, and Albania. --Lisa Jardine

]]> 2000 3 0 false Tue Feb 12 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sun Feb 10 09:31:16 -0800 2008 Wed Feb 13 13:09:34 -0800 2008 more...]]> 77188677 2042159 182197 0452282926 9780452282926 13 <![CDATA[When I Lived in Modern Times]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172512590m/182197.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172512590s/182197.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/182197.When_I_Lived_in_Modern_Times 3.35 92
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).

"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." (The Boston Globe)]]> 2000 3 0 false Mon Nov 09 05:16:19 -0800 2009 Mon Nov 09 05:18:43 -0800 2009 57714765 1898325 1600790 1862074046 9781862074040 1 <![CDATA[When I Lived in Modern Times]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1185708012m/1600790.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1185708012s/1600790.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1600790.When_I_Lived_in_Modern_Times 3.12 8 When I Lived in Modern Times is no less complicated than that of any other displaced European Jew in the post-war years--separated from her family and searching for some kind of reliable identity for herself in an inhospitable new land. In shining modern Bauhaus-influenced Tel Aviv she finds that she is more English than Israeli and she becomes Priscilla Jones, a peroxided English girl with an absent policeman husband. She is at her most "real", it seems, when pretending, revelling in her ability to be entirely accepted among the English women whose hair she cuts and curls. Beyond their petty and casually anti-semitic circle, by contrast, she struggles with Hebrew, the heat, the unfamiliar food and alien, exotic way of life.

But in Palestine the English are the enemy and Evelyn is drawn into a world of shifting identities, lies and secrets by her passionate Zionist boyfriend Johnny. Even then, she is never quite sure which side she is on, or where she belongs.

Linda Grant writes with quiet assurance and a strong sense of purpose. Her Tel Aviv is a city of contradictions and of hope. Her heroine is a fully believable figure, a chameleon character of a kind readily recognisable to those of us who grew up as part of the seismic displacement of peoples that accompanied World War Two, as also, probably, to anyone who has been caught up in the more recent exoduses from Bosnia, Kosova and Albania. Linda Grant won the 2000 Orange Prize for Fiction for When I Lived in Modern Times. --Lisa Jardine

]]> 2000 3 0 false Sun May 31 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri May 29 01:22:57 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 02 01:16:36 -0700 2009 30087824 1414906 182197 0452282926 9780452282926 13 <![CDATA[When I Lived in Modern Times]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172512590m/182197.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172512590s/182197.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/182197.When_I_Lived_in_Modern_Times 3.35 92
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).

"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." (The Boston Globe)]]> 2000 3 0 false Wed Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2003 Wed Aug 13 18:55:03 -0700 2008 Wed Aug 13 18:58:31 -0700 2008 more...]]> 53147964 1384584 182197 0452282926 9780452282926 13 <![CDATA[When I Lived in Modern Times]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172512590m/182197.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172512590s/182197.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/182197.When_I_Lived_in_Modern_Times 3.35 92
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).

"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." (The Boston Globe)]]> 2000 3 0 false Sat Apr 18 13:33:02 -0700 2009 Sat Apr 18 13:34:18 -0700 2009 59928162 172977 182197 0452282926 9780452282926 13 <![CDATA[When I Lived in Modern Times]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172512590m/182197.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172512590s/182197.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/182197.When_I_Lived_in_Modern_Times 3.35 92
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).

"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." (The Boston Globe)]]> 2000 4 0 false Tue Jul 14 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 16 14:01:01 -0700 2009 Fri Jul 17 06:01:20 -0700 2009 more...]]> 37321961 1313372 182197 0452282926 9780452282926 13 <![CDATA[When I Lived in Modern Times]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172512590m/182197.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172512590s/182197.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/182197.When_I_Lived_in_Modern_Times 3.35 92
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).

"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." (The Boston Globe)]]> 2000 4 0 false Tue Nov 11 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Mon Nov 10 08:22:58 -0800 2008 Wed Nov 12 06:01:09 -0800 2008
I think the best thing about this book is that I learned a lot about the history of Palestine, Tel Aviv and Jewish history. In general, the book was really easy to get sucked into and I went through it really quickly. I think there w...more...]]> 17770994 908756 182197 0452282926 9780452282926 13 <![CDATA[When I Lived in Modern Times]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172512590m/182197.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172512590s/182197.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/182197.When_I_Lived_in_Modern_Times 3.35 92
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).

"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." (The Boston Globe)]]> 2000 3 0 false Sat Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Fri Mar 14 16:40:16 -0700 2008 Fri Mar 14 16:43:17 -0700 2008 more...]]> 27053972 872942 182197 0452282926 9780452282926 13 <![CDATA[When I Lived in Modern Times]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172512590m/182197.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172512590s/182197.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/182197.When_I_Lived_in_Modern_Times 3.35 92
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).

"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." (The Boston Globe)]]> 2000 3 0 false Sat Jul 12 13:08:56 -0700 2008 Sat Jul 12 13:09:57 -0700 2008 3069386 98299 182197 0452282926 9780452282926 13 <![CDATA[When I Lived in Modern Times]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172512590m/182197.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172512590s/182197.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/182197.When_I_Lived_in_Modern_Times 3.35 92
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).

"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." (The Boston Globe)]]> 2000 3 0 false Tue Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sat Jul 14 08:42:58 -0700 2007 Thu Dec 17 00:36:45 -0800 2009 22616841 507511 182197 0452282926 9780452282926 13 <![CDATA[When I Lived in Modern Times]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172512590m/182197.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172512590s/182197.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/182197.When_I_Lived_in_Modern_Times 3.35 92
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).

"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." (The Boston Globe)]]> 2000 5 0 false Mon May 19 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue May 20 09:22:15 -0700 2008 Tue May 20 09:25:13 -0700 2008 2057808 125347 182197 0452282926 9780452282926 13 <![CDATA[When I Lived in Modern Times]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172512590m/182197.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172512590s/182197.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/182197.When_I_Lived_in_Modern_Times 3.35 92
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).

"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." (The Boston Globe)]]> 2000 5 0 false Wed Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2001 Sun Jun 17 12:57:54 -0700 2007 Sun Dec 30 21:14:37 -0800 2007 2000912 85827 182197 0452282926 9780452282926 13 <![CDATA[When I Lived in Modern Times]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172512590m/182197.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172512590s/182197.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/182197.When_I_Lived_in_Modern_Times 3.35 92
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).

"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." (The Boston Globe)]]> 2000 3 0 false Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2005 Fri Jun 15 10:12:53 -0700 2007 Wed Dec 16 21:39:16 -0800 2009 32684530 176260 182197 0452282926 9780452282926 13 <![CDATA[When I Lived in Modern Times]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172512590m/182197.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172512590s/182197.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/182197.When_I_Lived_in_Modern_Times 3.35 92
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).

"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." (The Boston Globe)]]> 2000 4 0 false Fri Sep 12 07:23:39 -0700 2008 Tue Jun 16 06:49:27 -0700 2009 82059707 3074620 182197 0452282926 9780452282926 13 <![CDATA[When I Lived in Modern Times]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172512590m/182197.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172512590s/182197.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/182197.When_I_Lived_in_Modern_Times 3.35 92
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).

"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." (The Boston Globe)]]> 2000 3 0 false Sat Dec 26 00:47:36 -0800 2009 Sat Dec 26 00:47:36 -0800 2009 81899390 1774622 182197 0452282926 9780452282926 13 <![CDATA[When I Lived in Modern Times]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172512590m/182197.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172512590s/182197.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/182197.When_I_Lived_in_Modern_Times 3.35 92
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).

"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." (The Boston Globe)]]> 2000 0 0 false Wed Dec 23 17:47:49 -0800 2009 Wed Dec 23 17:48:18 -0800 2009 81508982 582565 855920 0525945946 9780525945949 1 <![CDATA[When I Lived in Modern Times]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1178932541m/855920.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1178932541s/855920.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/855920.When_I_Lived_in_Modern_Times 3.35 92 When I Lived in Modern Times, which won Linda Grant the 2000 Orange Prize. "Scratch a Jew and you've got a story." Her account is no less complicated than that of any other displaced European Jew in the postwar years. Separated from her family, she searches for some kind of reliable identity in an inhospitable new land--and in shining, Bauhaus-influenced Tel Aviv, she finds that she is more English than Israeli. Lo and behold, she becomes Priscilla Jones, a peroxided Londoner with an absent policeman husband. She is at her most "real," it seems, when pretending, and revels in her ability to be entirely accepted among the English women whose hair she cuts and curls. Outside of their petty and casually anti-Semitic circle, meanwhile, she struggles with Hebrew, the heat, the unfamiliar food, and an alien way of life.

In Palestine, of course, the English are the enemy. Evelyn is soon drawn into a world of shifting identities, lies, and secrets by her passionate Zionist boyfriend, Johnny. Even then, she is never quite sure which side she is on, or where she belongs. All of this makes her a prototypical inhabitant of Linda Grant's Tel Aviv, a city of contradictions and of hope. More to the point, Grant's heroine is a fully believable figure, a chameleon of a kind readily recognizable to those of us who grew up as part of the seismic displacement of peoples that accompanied World War II--and, alas, to anyone who has been caught up in the more recent exoduses from Bosnia, Kosovo, and Albania. --Lisa Jardine

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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).

"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." (The Boston Globe)]]> 2000 0 0 false Wed Dec 16 23:01:20 -0800 2009 Fri Dec 25 17:42:55 -0800 2009 80667467 2504618 182197 0452282926 9780452282926 13 <![CDATA[When I Lived in Modern Times]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172512590m/182197.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172512590s/182197.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/182197.When_I_Lived_in_Modern_Times 3.35 92
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).

"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." (The Boston Globe)]]> 2000 4 0 false Fri Dec 11 10:33:30 -0800 2009 Fri Dec 11 10:33:30 -0800 2009 8 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=182197