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will love Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. A surprising tale of one woman's adventures through the U.S. I loved the ending! (  )iris354 | Jun 8, 2009 |   I'm still somewhat puzzled regarding why this tale of a mother's desperate quest to find her small daughter left me unmoved. Bloom's writing is literate and economical, peppered with many beautiful phrases. The story is reasonably engaging - particularly the section regarding newly settled Jews in 1920s New York. Yet, the book's overall impact is somehow muted, and I would not recommend it to others. (  )whirled | Apr 5, 2009 | To me it was almost like the female version of Giants of the Earth. Lillian search for her child, Sophie, seems so daunting that you wonder if any character could minimize the struggle to that degree. The characters are interesting and the struggle between life, survival and death along with love, lust, and power make for great discussions. Bloom's style is different going from past, present and future while telling the story. A nice read. ( )e_lurie | Mar 25, 2009 | This should have been good, but instead it seemed interminable. The plot was as meandering as Lillian's journey across the US, and there were way too many detours. ( )apartmentcarpet | Mar 4, 2009 | A good "yarn" as my Mother would have said! A strong story line about a little known situation of Russian women who went to America and then tried to return; in this case in search of a child. A journey across the world; across America and through a life. From the big city to the wilds of the North. Enjoyable, believable and ultimately very satisfying. ( )gilly1944 | Feb 24, 2009 | 2.347 seconds to build listing  no reviews | add a review
Amazon.com Product Description (ISBN 0812977793, Paperback)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.(retrieved from Amazon Fri, 24 Apr 2009 07:58:10 -0400) The first test round has been closed. Visit the Open Shelves Classification group for details. |
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