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Amy Bloom's Away

By: Amy Bloom
Narrated by: Jill Eikenberry, Amy Bloom, Isaiah Sheffer
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Publisher's summary

In 1927, a Russian immigrant woman set off from New York City to walk home to Russia on foot. Amy Bloom tells how she took this kernel of historic fact and dreamed up a lush, epic, and yet wonderfully intimate novel.

Thalia Book Club Readers and writers meet for intimate conversations about compelling new books and favorite classics in fiction, essay, biography and more. Evenings include an actor performing an excerpt, an interview and a conversation with the audience. A book signing follows each event.

©2008 Amy Bloom (P)2008 Symphony Space, Inc
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Editorial reviews

In this engaging evening recorded live at New York City's Symphony Space, acclaimed actress Jill Eikenberry performs a moving reading of Amy Bloom's novel Away, about a woman who sets out to walk from New York City to Russia in search of her daughter. Host Isaiah Sheffer also interviews Bloom about her research for the novel, her childhood among Yiddish opera stars, her previous life as a therapist, the nature of fact and fiction, and the possibilities of finding happiness even after grief.

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Excellent introduction

Listening to this conversation with the author has certainly created interest in her work and this book !

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Short and worth listening to

This is a short reading, plus a discussion with the author. Her insights into writing and human nature are brilliant. The reading of an excerpt from the book was not well rehearsed, but that did not detract from the value of this Audible original.

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