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by: Amy Bloom
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN: 9780812977790
ISBN: 0812977793
Label: Random House Trade Paperbacks
Manufacturer: Random House Trade Paperbacks
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 256
Publication Date: June 24, 2008
Publisher: Random House Trade Paperbacks
Release Date: June 24, 2008
Sales Rank: 1622
Studio: Random House Trade Paperbacks
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Product Description:
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.
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - Started of well....then I just got tired of all the sordid sex details
There was a lot of sex, womanizing, prostitution in the 1920s, and "Away" provided too much content in that area, at least for my taste. I stopped when Lillian arrived in canada, I just didn't have the stomach for more sex and prostitution descriptions. Take out 50% of that mentioned above, and I could have finished it.
Rating:  - Pass This One Up!
I received this book from someone else while on a trip, and frankly will question their book referrals from now on.
This was poorly written. I am surprised at this, given that the author is a professor in writing. The plot started out well but turned into what I can only describe as a script for an adult film. No meaning, lots of unnecessary sexual scenarios, completely unbelievable situations, all to no end. It just seemed like a set up for disheartening sexual encounters. How depressing, ... Read More
Rating: - A sordid and pointless tale
The only reason I kept reading this book was because it is my book club group's next book and I wanted to be able to attend the meeting.
All I keep thinking while reading this book was will this story ever make a point? Lillian was a character that I totally did not care about. She plods through the pages having superficial, patronizing relationships with people and has sex at the drop of a hat with anyone, as if it's as simple as having a cup of coffee. She seems to be a zombie with nightmares ... Read More
Rating:  - Intimiate character study
AWAY was inspired by the true life story of a woman who attempted to trek through Alaska to Russia. Bloom's protaganist, Lillian, a recent Russian immigrant in the 1920's New York is determined to return to Russia to find her lost daughter. She treks across the country, encountering all sorts of people, finally landing in Alaska, where she faces the ultimate choice and where her fate, and her hope of finding her daughter, is decided.
Bloom is an incredibly skilled and sensitive writer. Her ... Read More
Rating:  - Adventures Unlimited
I can hear my creative writing teacher and probably Amy Bloom's, "When you don't know what to do next with your character, throw rocks at her."
Lillian Leyb, the heroine of Bloom's "Away," is constantly bruised, but never broken. She endures a pogrom that wipes out her entire family, the good and the bad of New York's immigrant community, a journey out west, life on the streets of Seattle, and an epic walk through Alaska, all in search of "what if"--what if her daughter survived the pogrom, ... Read More
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