When We Were Romans: A Novel
by Kneale, Matthew
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- Condition
- Used - Good
- ISBN 10
- 0385526253
- ISBN 13
- 9780385526258
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Synopsis
Nine-year-old Lawrence is the man in his family. He carefully watches over his willful little sister, Jemima, and his mother, Hannah. When Hannah becomes convinced that their estranged father is stalking them, the family flees London and heads for Rome, where Hannah lived happily as a young woman. For Lawrence, fascinated by stories of popes and emperors, Rome is an adventure. Though they are short of money, and move from home to home, staying with his mother's old friends, little by little their new life seems to be taking shape. But the trouble that brought them to Italy will not quite leave them in peace. Narrated in Lawrence's perfectly rendered voice, When We Were Romans powerfully evokes the emotions and confusions of childhood--the triumphs, the jealousies, the fears, and the love. Even as everything he understands is turned upside down, Lawrence remains determined to keep his family together. Like the young narrators of The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time and To Kill a Mockingbird, Lawrence views the world from a perspective that is at once endearingly innocent and preternaturally wise.
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- Bookseller
- More Than Words Inc. (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- BOS-K-09a-01245
- Title
- When We Were Romans: A Novel
- Author
- Kneale, Matthew
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Binding
- Hardback
- ISBN 10
- 0385526253
- ISBN 13
- 9780385526258
- Publisher
- Nan A. Talese
- Place of Publication
- New York,
- This edition first published
- 2008-07-22
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