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Away by Amy Bloom
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.Amy Bloom is the author of the short story collection Come to Me and the book Love Invents Us. Her work has appeared in a variety of periodicals, including The New Yorker, Antaeus, Story, Mirabella, Self, Vogue, and Talk, as well as numerous anthologies in the United States and overseas, including The Best American Short Stories; Prize Stories: The O. The Scribner Anthology of Modern Short Fiction, The Hidden Self: A Century of Short Tales by Women, and The Henry Awards She resides in Connecticut and works as a psychotherapist.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780812977790 |
| ISBN 10 | 0812977793 |
| Title | Away |
| Author | Amy Bloom |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Random House USA Inc |
| Year published | 2008-06-24 |
| Number of pages | 256 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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