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Kneale, Matthew. When We Were Romans: A Novel.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)

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| September 01, 2008 | Ligamari, Joanne | (Hide copyright information)Copyright

KNEALE, Matthew. When We Were Romans: A Novel. 240p. Doubleday/Nan A. Talese. 2008. Tr $23.95. ISBN 978-0385-52625-8. LC number unavailable.

Adult/High School--For teens with a taste for sad, morose stories in which adults abandon their responsibilities and a child takes them on, Romans will be a welcome addition to the canon. Lawrence is a nine-year-old whose mother, Hanna, has convinced him and his younger sister, Jemima, that their estranged father is poisoning their food, turning the neighbors against them, and stalking them. To escape his alleged behavior, she takes them from London to Rome, a city she knew as a young single woman. …

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