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.
馬丁·康普斯頓,薇琪·麥克盧爾,阿德里安·敦巴,坦迪·牛頓,蓋特·楊森,克勞迪亞·杰西,杰森·沃特金斯,謝默斯·奧哈拉,斯科特·里德,保羅·希金斯,安妮卡·羅斯,瑪雅·索地,李·恩格里比,哈麗特·肯斯,埃爾娃·崔爾,Rhodri Lewis,Kwame Che Kandekore,Mark Stobbart,Henry Miller
