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.
'Eve's potent images and exuberant storytelling conjure the spirit of each generation' THE TIMES 'Sensual and accomplished..this is a vibrantly successful and touching piece of work' MAIL ON SUNDAY 'Touched with such vividness, humour and narrative control that the personal and the historical seem intimately fused' DAILY TELEGRAPH 'A bravura performance' NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW
Nomi Eve is 32 years old and lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts. This, her first novel, is based on her own family history.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9781860499234 |
| ISBN 10 | 1860499236 |
| Title | The Family Orchard |
| Author | Nomi Eve |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Year published | 2002-03-07 |
| Number of pages | 336 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
| Note | Unavailable |