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When We Were Romans by Matthew Kneale is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.

What is When We Were Romans about?

Nine-year-old Lawrence is the man in his family. He carefully watches over his willful little sister, Jemima, and his mother, Hannah. When Hannah becomes convinced that their estranged father is stalking them, the family flees London and heads for Rome, where Hannah lived happily as a young woman. For Lawrence, fascinated by stories of popes and emperors, Rome is an adventure. Though they are short of money, and move from home to home, staying with his mother's old friends, little by little their new life seems to be taking shape. But the trouble that brought them to Italy will not quite leave them in peace. Narrated in Lawrence's perfectly rendered voice, When We Were Romans powerfully evokes the emotions and confusions of childhood--the triumphs, the jealousies, the fears, and the love. Even as everything he understands is turned upside down, Lawrence remains determined to keep his family together. Like the young narrators of The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time and To Kill a Mockingbird, Lawrence views the world from a perspective that is at once endearingly innocent and preternaturally wise.

Who reads When We Were Romans?

Author

Matthew Kneale

Publisher

Picador : [distributor] Macmillan Distribution (MDL)

Published

2007

Language

EN

ISBN

9780330435710

Category

work of fiction

Subjects

Literary Fiction, Fiction, Travel

Rating

3.37 / 5 (648 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-13