---
title: "When the World Was Steady"
author: "Claire Messud"
genre: "Mystery & Thriller, Literary"
category: "Fiction"
themes: "Sister relationships;Female identity and coming to terms with self;Family dynamics and history;The passage of time and stability"
isbn_13: "9780307806567"
isbn_10: "0307806561"
asin: "0307806561"
bnid: "1000479865"
amazon_link: "https://www.amazon.com/dp/0307806561"
bookshop_link: "https://bookshop.org/p/books/when-the-world-was-steady-claire-messud/16613394"
bn_link: "https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/when-the-world-was-steady-claire-messud/1000479865"
source_url: "https://marciebooks.co/?search=When%20the%20World%20Was%20Steady"
data_license: "CC BY-NC 4.0"
---

# When the World Was Steady

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