false 466539 12 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. 3286459 2007 Away total:3268|5:442|4:1097|3:1099|2:458|1:172| 3268 10983 4846 958 2 18 false false Sat Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Thu Aug 23 13:02:29 -0700 2007 Fri Nov 30 10:15:05 -0800 2007
I wanted to *love* this book. I’d come off a string of just-okay books and was very much in the mood for something epic and heartwarming (or heartrending) and memorable. It was well-reviewed and the storyline sounded promising, so I...more...]]> 5 9 false false Sat Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Sat Jan 26 09:59:21 -0800 2008 Sat Jan 26 10:00:45 -0800 2008
1. The book transported me into the life and brain of a 22 year old Russian girl who had to flee Russia to America in the 1920s. She has lived through the slaughter of her family and arrives in NYC without anything but the dress she'...more...]]> 5 6 false false Sat Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Sun Sep 02 19:22:05 -0700 2007 Mon Sep 03 00:52:05 -0700 2007 ...more...]]> 4 4 false false Sat Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Wed Oct 24 05:05:06 -0700 2007 Wed Oct 24 05:05:06 -0700 2007 more...]]> 1 5 false true Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Tue Jan 08 08:58:28 -0800 2008 Tue Jan 08 09:16:25 -0800 2008 more...]]> 3 2 false false Fri Sep 25 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Sep 20 21:34:42 -0700 2009 Tue Oct 13 13:04:14 -0700 2009 more...]]> 2 3 false false Sun Jul 15 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Sun May 25 03:22:50 -0700 2008 Sun May 25 03:40:23 -0700 2008
A few years ago i read The Woman who Walked to Russia: a writer's search for a lost legend by Cassandra Pybus. Pybus was browsing a bookshop while traveling through Northern British ...more...]]> 4 2 false false Thu Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Sun Nov 25 12:35:57 -0800 2007 Sun Nov 25 13:07:42 -0800 2007 more...]]> 2 4 false false Thu Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Wed Nov 14 07:05:22 -0800 2007 Tue Nov 27 18:10:28 -0800 2007 more...]]> 3 1 false false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Tue Jan 27 17:44:08 -0800 2009 Mon Feb 02 19:42:37 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 1 false false Tue Mar 24 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Mar 07 05:29:34 -0800 2009 Sun Apr 05 06:45:45 -0700 2009 more...]]> 1 1 false false Sat Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun Sep 28 14:29:11 -0700 2008 Sun Nov 16 18:25:37 -0800 2008 more...]]> 2 1 false false Thu Apr 10 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Mar 31 22:04:01 -0700 2008 Mon Mar 31 22:04:01 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 1 false false Sat Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Mon Mar 24 08:02:05 -0700 2008 Tue Apr 01 10:16:06 -0700 2008 more...]]> 2 3 false false Thu Jul 03 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri Dec 28 23:10:50 -0800 2007 Tue Jul 15 11:10:18 -0700 2008
The story itself was inventive and should have held my interest: Russian Jewish woman in the 1920s sees most of her family cruelly ...more...]]> 5 1 false false Thu Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Sat Nov 10 05:46:39 -0800 2007 Fri Nov 16 06:58:46 -0800 2007 more...]]> 1 2 false false Fri Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Tue Sep 11 06:52:06 -0700 2007 Fri May 09 12:43:59 -0700 2008 3 1 false false Mon Aug 27 13:16:36 -0700 2007 Sat Jan 12 13:21:12 -0800 2008 more...]]> 3 1 false false Thu Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Sat Nov 24 09:56:18 -0800 2007 Sat Nov 24 10:01:18 -0800 2007 bad, but it was incredibly strange. When you open up the first chapter and discover that you are reading about a Jewish immigrant to New York in the 1920s, it doesn't necessarily follow that she'll...more...]]> 5 1 false false Sat Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Sun Sep 09 13:20:31 -0700 2007 Sun Sep 09 13:26:03 -0700 2007 more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=466539