Anna Samson,Lloyd Griffith,Tai Hara,凯瑟琳·麦克克莱门茨,Celia Ireland,Aaron L. McGrath,安德里亚·德梅特里亚德斯,朗·斯迈克,阿道·欧汉隆,吉娜维夫·莱蒙,皮特·菲尔普斯,塔拉·莫里斯,杰里米·林赛·泰勒,Naomi Sequeira,哈里·格林伍德,艾尔利·多兹,雨果·约翰斯通-伯特,Jenni Baird,麦琪·登斯,安妮·芬
The novel follows a woman, Modesta, who is born on 1 January 1900 and her experiences though her life in the twentieth century. The text is written for the most part in the first person (by Modesta), but sometimes also in the third person, especially in the first part of the novel.