Strangers with the Same Dream (Signed) - Pick, Alison

SIGNED BY ALISON PICK on title page; Clean, tight, unmarked; absolute minimal wear; appears unread; This beautifully written, shocking and timely novel whisks us back to 1921, when a band of young Jewish pioneers set out to realize a dream: the founding of a settlement on a patch of land that would, 25 years later, become Israel. One by one, we enter the minds of three compelling characters - Ida, an idealistic young woman escaping violence brewing in Europe; to witness how the utopian dream is punctured by messy human entanglements. This is also the story of the land itself, revealing with compassion and irony how the pioneers chose to ignore the fact that their valley was already home to people whose lives they did not understand. Pick leads us inside the minds and hearts of three extraordinary, flawed and very human characters to show us exactly how, in the crucible of a would-be utopia, the unthinkable happens.
Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket
Hardcover
Knopf Canada
2017
Toronto, ON