- Coming of age, Women soldiers, Israel, Fiction
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.
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Contemporary, earnest, classical in form and grave.
- contemporarynostalgic
- earnestironic
- classical in formformally daring
- gravecomic
- character-ledplot-driven
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About the book
- Author
- Shani Boianjiu
- First published
- 2012
- Pages
- 354
- Publisher
- Hogarth, Center Point Large Print, Anchor Canada
- Editions
- 5
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780385676915
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