{"product_id":"away-9780812977790","title":"Away","description":"Panoramic in scope, \u003ci\u003e Away\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAmy Bloom \u003c\/b\u003eis the author of four novels: \u003ci\u003eWhite Houses\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eLucky Us\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eAway\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eLove Invents Us\u003c\/i\u003e; and three collections of short stories: \u003ci\u003eWhere the God Of Love Hangs Out\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eCome to Me\u003c\/i\u003e (finalist for the National Book Award), and \u003ci\u003eA Blind Man Can See How Much I Love You\u003c\/i\u003e (finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award). Her first book of nonfiction, \u003ci\u003eNormal: Transsexual CEOs\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e Crossdressing Cops and Hermaphrodites with Attitudes\u003c\/i\u003e, is a staple of university sociology and biology courses. Her most recent book is the widely acclaimed \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling memoir, \u003ci\u003eIn Love\u003c\/i\u003e. She has written for magazines such as \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eVogue\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eElle\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Atlantic\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSlate\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eSalon\u003c\/i\u003e, and her work has been translated into fifteen languages. She is the Director of the Shapiro Center at Wesleyan University.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Random House Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50914102706450,"sku":"9780812977790","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_0ba5790d-fea3-4e35-ba1b-77995a2e0a1d.jpg?v=1738805451","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/away-9780812977790","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}