{"product_id":"when-i-lived-in-modern-linda-grant-9780452282926","title":"When I Lived in Modern Times","description":"\u003cb\u003eWinner of the Orange Prize for Fiction\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 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. \u003cb\u003eWhen I Lived in Modern Times\u003c\/b\u003e 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\" (\u003cb\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/b\u003e, starred review).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Linda Grant\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0452282926\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780452282926\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Plume Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/31\/2002\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 272\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.51lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.96h x 5.32w x 0.63d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eEntertainment Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/07\/2001 pg. 96\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKliatt\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/2002 pg. 10\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/15\/2002 pg. 1586","brand":"Linda Grant","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44652482330879,"sku":"9780452282926","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_7c25f323-5432-42aa-9d47-b49f3d6cd176.jpg?v=1704216320","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/when-i-lived-in-modern-linda-grant-9780452282926","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}