Away: A Novel
by Amy Bloom
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Author: Amy BloomEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2008-06-24
ISBN: 0812977793
Number of pages: 256
Publisher: Random House Trade Paperbacks
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Book Review: Worth the hard journey.
Summary: 4 Stars
I had a very hard time getting through this book. It started out well enough; I felt great compassion for the main character. Sadly that quickly vanished. The first half of the book was just plain hard to get through. I didn't care about the characters, I didn't care about the MAIN character. Thankfully the 2nd half of the book is infused w/ wonderful, well written characters - although I still found myself occasionally hoping that the main character would just fall in a snow drift and freeze to death and put me out of my misery. FINALLY - the book comes together in the end, w/ an ending that makes the journey worth the anguish - for the heroine as well as the reader.
I also loved the way the author tied up the loose ends of each 2ndary character as that character left the story. Excellent touch.
Summary of Away: A Novel
Panoramic in scope, Away is the epic and intimate story of young Lillian Leyb, a dangerous innocent, an accidental heroine. When her family is destroyed in a Russian pogrom, Lillian comes to America alone, determined to make her way in a new land. When word comes that her daughter, Sophie, might still be alive, Lillian embarks on an odyssey that takes her from the world of the Yiddish theater on New York's Lower East Side, to Seattle's Jazz District, and up to Alaska, along the fabled Telegraph Trail toward Siberia. All of the qualities readers love in Amy Bloom's work-her humor and wit, her elegant and irreverent language, her unflinching understanding of passion and the human heart-come together in the embrace of this brilliant novel, which is at once heartbreaking, romantic, and completely unforgettable.Historical Books
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