Away : a novel

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Label

Away : a novel

Title remainder

a novel

Statement of responsibility

Amy Bloom

Creator

• Bloom, Amy, 1953-
• trueBloom, Amy, 1953-

Author

• Bloom, Amy, 1953-

Subject

• Quests (Expeditions) -- Fiction
• Immigrants -- New York (State) | New York -- Fiction
• trueImmigrants -- New York City
• trueJews -- Persecutions
• trueLiterary fiction
• trueLoss (Psychology)
• trueLost children
• Lost children -- Fiction
• Lower East Side (New York, N.Y.) -- Fiction
• trueLower East Side, New York City
• trueMissing children
• trueMothers and daughters
• New York (N.Y.) -- History -- 1898-1951 -- Fiction
• trueNew York City -- History -- 1898-1951
• trueRussian Americans
• Theater, Yiddish -- Fiction
• trueVoyages and travels
• Voyages and travels -- Fiction
• trueYiddish theater
• true1920s -- 1920 -- 1929
• trueAlaska
• trueAntisemitism
• trueExpeditions
• FICTION / Historical
• trueFamilial love
• Historical fiction
• trueHistorical fiction

Genre

• trueLiterary fiction
• Fiction
• trueHistorical fiction

Language

eng

Summary

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

Theme

• trueImmigrant experiences

Storyline

• trueCharacter-driven

Pace

• trueLeisurely paced

Tone

• trueBittersweet
• trueMoving
• trueReflective

Writing style

• trueDescriptive
• trueStylistically complex
• trueLyrical

Character

• trueAuthentic
• trueCulturally diverse
• trueComplex

Award

ALA Notable Book, 2008.

Cataloging source

DLC

Dewey number

813/.54

Illustrations

maps

Index

no index present

LC call number

PS3552.L6378

LC item number

A95 2007

Literary form

fiction

Target audience

adult