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  <title><![CDATA[Far from You]]></title>
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  <default_description>Lost and alone...down the rabbit hole 
 
Years have passed since Alice lost her mother to cancer, but time hasn't quite healed the wound. Alice copes the best she can, by writing her music, losing herself in the love of her boyfriend, and distancing herself from her father and his new wife.
 
But when a deadly snowstorm traps Alice with her stepmother and newborn half-sister, she'll face issues she's been avoiding for too long. As Alice looks to the heavens for guidance, she discovers something wonderful.
 
Perhaps she's not so alone after all...</default_description>
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  <original_publication_day type="integer">23</original_publication_day>
  <original_publication_month type="integer">12</original_publication_month>
  <original_publication_year type="integer">2008</original_publication_year>
  <original_title>Far from You</original_title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Lisa Schroeder]]></name>
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  <read_at>Tue Sep 15 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Alright, I admit that at the beginning I wasn't all that excited about reading this. It's in poem form and I don't usually understand poems. People in poems are usually really depressed, which in turn makes me depressed or totally confused. I found this book surprisingly easy to read though. It's st...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/69877604">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Sun Aug 23 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Before I really knew what was happening I was done with this book. It draws you in so quick, and is such a breeze to read it's hard not to gobble it up in one sitting. I had thought to read it again before I did a review, but I felt like I had to write one now.<br/><br/>It's in prose so at first t...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/68240550">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Mon Jan 26 00:00:00 -0800 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Far From You is a story about overcoming the immense pain of loss and having the courage to love. Sixteen yrs. old Alice is dealing with the loss of her her mother and her sudden gain of a new step-mom and baby sister. The only seemingly good thing in her life is Blaze and her music.<br/><br/>With...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/46485052">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Sat Jan 10 00:00:00 -0800 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[I may not have been the most enthusiastic reader of Lisa Schroeder's first novel, I Heart You, You Haunt Me, but I was intrigued enough by her writing to seek out her second entitled Far From You. And I'm so glad I did!<br/><br/>Far From You is a verse novel narrated by the very angsty Alice. (Yes...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/43744080">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[In this beautifully written novel in verse, the reader is introduced to a teenage girl who's mother has died and who's father is remarried with another daughter. As she tries to cope with living with a new mother and a new baby sister, she learns more about herself along the way, and about letting g...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/65551187">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Alice’s mother died of cancer years ago. However, she has yet to move on. Things worsen when her father remarries, and her half-sister, Ivy, is born. Of course, Alice has a few things in her life: her wonderful boyfriend Blaze, her best friend Claire, her music, and most importantly, her faith.<br/>...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/64724026">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[At first I was a little apprehensive about reading a novel written in verse, like Lisa Schroeder’s Far From You. There’s nothing wrong with verse, it’s just different. And I wasn’t sure how I felt about different. But now I know how I feel because different is very good in this case. Lisa Sc...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/54708270">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Alice, named after the character from Alice in Wonderland is still realing from the death of her mother. Her father has remarried and has had a baby with his new wife. Alice feels like he is pushing her away and that she isn't part of the family. She resents her stepmother and the new baby and strug...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/52545734">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[It has been years since Alice lost her mother to cancer, but she still hasn’t recovered.  The three things that give her any peace at all are writing and playing music, her best friend Claire, and her loving boyfriend Blaze.  Sadness covers her like a blanket and prevents her from enjoying some of...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/40575169">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[In the beginning I didn't like Allison. Mostly because she was so self-pitying and selfish. She wanted her father all to herself and therefore resented her stepmother. She, in a way, just refused to be truly happy (except when she was with Blaze). Allison did make some good points and I could forgiv...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/69740395">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I usually don't like novels in verse.  When I opened this one with the intriguing cover and synopsis, I was immediately disappointed...it was in verse.  I had an instant urge to shut the book and return it to the library.<br/><br/>I'm so glad I didn't.  This book is AWESOME.  The short poems writt...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/74063338">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[At first I was worried that Alice's tale would be just another teen angst story, but written in captivating verse, Lisa Schroeder's words caught my attention right away.  Alice Andreeson, a normal girl with normal problems, felt amazingly real to me.  Dealing with her father starting a new marriage ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/68682232">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Reviewed by Cat for TeensReadToo.com<br/><br/>Alice's mother died of cancer years ago. Everyone else has moved on. Her father has remarried and is expecting a new baby, but Alice continues to mourn, finding solace in songwriting, attending services, and performing at her mother's old church with b...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/48255788">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Using the novel-in-verse format, this is a very unique road story. Grieving for her dead mother, Alice lives in a twilight zone of sadness.  Her father has remarried, and a new baby has reinforced Alice's feelings of loss.  Teen love and sexuality, religion and church community, friendship and music...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/77117060">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Cross posted at <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://whatvanessareads.wordpress.com">http://whatvanessareads.wordpress.com</a> <br/>If I could sum up this book in one word the word would be “beautiful”. We’re told this heart-wrenching story of a girl named Alice who lost her mother to cancer and isn’t as connected to her dad now that he has remarried and is expe...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/39824516">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[ I am a big fan of Lisa Schroeder and she doesn't disappoint! Alice's journey is beautifully written and full of emotion. I loved her boyfriend Blaze, who is such a great example of an awesome boyfriend-I kind of had a book boy crush on him. I also liked the elements of Alice and her faith-it wasn't...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/60435014">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Blurb from book:<br/>Lost and alone...down the rabbit hole.<br/>Years have passed since Alice lost her mother to cancer, but time hasn't quite healed the wound. Alice copes the best she can by writing her music, losing herself in her love for her boyfriend, and distancing herself from her father a...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/45728026">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I was so happy to find another author that's writes novels in verse :) This book was good, but I think that the overall character development felt a little bit too forced. <br/>Alice missed her mother, who died of cancer. Her father has remarried a woman named Victoria, and they have just had a bab...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/75676967">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[So this is the first book that I think I’ve ever read in verse. I was always very afraid to read verse because I thought it would be very complicated and hard to understand. But it wasn’t like that at all and now I really like it. The story is told from Alice’s point of view so we get to know ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/76960089">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Alice feels lost ever since her mother died of cancer years before. The only solace she finds is in her boyfriend Blaze and in the music she writes and plays with her best friend Claire at church. Her father has remarried and they no longer cook and make up jingles together and her step mother is ex...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/51717357">more...</a>]]></body>
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