The People of Forever Are Not Afraid (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780307955975)

Yael, Avishag, and Lea grow up together in a tiny, dusty Israeli village, attending a high school made up of caravan classrooms, passing notes to each other to alleviate the universal boredom of teenage life. When they are conscripted into the army, their lives change in unpredictable ways, influencing the women they become and the friendship that they struggle to sustain. Yael trains marksmen and flirts with boys. Avishag stands guard, watching refugees throw themselves at barbed-wire fences. Lea, posted at a checkpoint, imagines the stories behind the familiar faces that pass by her day after day. They gossip about boys and whisper of an ever more violent world just beyond view. They drill, constantly, for a moment that may never come. They live inside that single, intense second just before danger erupts.
In a relentlessly energetic and arresting voice marked by humor and fierce intelligence, Shani Boianjiu creates an unforgettably intense world, capturing that unique time in a young woman's life when a single moment can change everything.

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Author: Shani Boianjiu
ISBN-10: 0307955974
ISBN-13: 9780307955975
Publisher: Random House Publishing Group
Language: English
Published: 06/25/2013
Pages: 368
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.77lbs
Size: 8.24h x 5.13w x 1.04d

Review Citation(s):
New York Times Book Review 08/04/2013 pg. 24