The Family Orchard by Nomi Eve
A beautifully crafted story of a Jewish family, reaching back five generations. Using births, deaths and family legends, here are stories of how people meet and fall in love, of family secrets and tragedies, of sex and marriage. Yochanan and his wife Esther who lived happily despite Esther's long-time affair with the local baker; Avra who has a penchant for stealing (and returning) who marries Shimon, an immigrant from Russia; Miriam, a child of Eastern Europe who sews her family's futures into her cloth. Shyly sexy and funny, always rooted in the domestic and the familiar, this is an enchanting, complex novel which draws on the voices of many generations from far and wide, reaching across the Diaspora - Israel, Europe and America.
An audacious debut from a young Jewish American woman who spent eight years writing this novel and sold it in just three weeks for more than $500,000 - on the day she bounced a cheque! Spanning more than 150 years of family life and lore, set against the ever-changing background of Middle East politics, this novel contains a myriad stories, each of them based on family history and rooted in the research done by her fatherThe starting point for the book was the research's gaps, the secrets that every family tries to keep secret - until someone like Eve comes along and persuades them, in the nicest way, to spill the beans. Reaching back five generations, The Family Orchard conjures up snapshots of Jewish life in all its disciplined and colourful guises but always set firmly around hearth and home, not necessarily cosily. Eve writes of life and love, birth and death, sex, lies and family secrets in a sweeping narrative that conjures up the sounds and smells and atmosphere of Jerusalem's cultural melting pot. A startlingly original voice and a talent to watch.
Nomi Eve is 32 years old and lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts. This, her first novel, is based on her own family's history.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9780316854573 |
| ISBN 10 | 0316854573 |
| Title | The Family Orchard |
| Author | Nomi Eve |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Little, Brown & Company |
| Year published | 2001-02-01 |
| Number of pages | 336 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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