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Away

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Written by: Jane Urquhart
Narrated by: Michelle Winters
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A stunning, evocative novel set in Ireland and Canada, Away traces a family’s complex and layered past. The narrative unfolds with shimmering clarity and takes us from the harsh northern Irish coast in the 1840s to the quarantine stations at Grosse Isle and the barely hospitable land of the Canadian Shield; from the flourishing town of Port Hope to the flooded streets of Montreal; from Ottawa at the time of Confederation to a large-windowed house at the edge of a Great Lake during the present day.

Graceful and moving, Away unites the personal and the political as it explores the most private, often darkest corners of our emotions where the things that root us to ourselves endure. Powerful, intricate, lyrical, Away is an unforgettable novel.

©1993 Jane Urquhart (P)2018 Audible, Inc. Fiction Genre Fiction Historical Fiction Literary Fiction
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Jane urqhart has a quality to her writing I have yet to define because I find everything about her writing compelling. I envy her capacity to imagine in such starkly eloquent and compassionate realism. For me she takes a seat along side writers like Sebastian Barry and Marilynne Robinson—all perhaps channelling their ancestors to some extent? I first found her book The Underpainter in a library in Sligo Ireland and have haunted other libraries ever since. My only critique is to ask Audible to be sure their readers learn the proper pronunciations of whatever foreign words are written—especially proper names. Irish can’t be sounded out through an English pronunciation. Nevertheless, she’s a wonderful reader—gorgeous voice. The reason I mention the pronunciations is because it breaks the spell.

This story—these characters are kin to me now and always will be.

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I had to read this book for English class, but had no time to read it myself. I resorted to audiobooks. This book is extremely boring and strange, but the calm reading sped up slightly made it seem like a poorly edited story podcast. Read well, however the quality of the voice changed quite a bit on some chapters. Nonetheless, audible made it easy to listen to and understand the story.

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