An immigrant from the ravages of Bolshevic Russia, Anna is only fifteen when she is sent away from her family’s drought-stricken farm to work for a wealthy family in the city. Through marriage, children, a world war and a shocking family tragedy, Anna chronicles with gentle insight her own and her family’s coming of age in a new land. What they choose to keep and what they discard decide who they will become.
“A wonderfully compelling novel set in the 1930’s and forties about a young Mennonite woman, her journey and her struggle for autonomy. A must read…”
Dr. Annalee Lepp, professor in Women’s Studies, University of Victoria
“Elizabeth Bartel’s novel lays bare the conflicts, spiritual doubts, ambitions, snobbery, power struggles, cruelty, successes, failures, isolation and love that are part of the life of a young Mennonite woman… No one in the varied cast of characters is allowed sainthood, not even the narrator herself. A compelling, credible story.”
Armin Wiebe, author of The Salvation of Yasch Siemens
“As a domestic novel, Even Such Is Time portrays the every-day lives of ordinary people, but with a passion and intensity that ensures a measure of suspense and emotional crisis. The climax, flowing naturally and inevitably from the earlier events, provides an arresting and satisfying ending to this family saga.”
Al Reimer, Professor Emeritus of English, University of Winnipeg
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