Away by Amy Bloom: The writing in this saga of a young Jewish woman fresh in New York from the Old World is captivating. Lillian Leyb discovers after a short time in New York that her daughter, whom she had thought to be dead, was still alive, and she treks across the country in hopes of making it to Alaska where she will sail across to Siberia to find her. The story lost me a little on the journey, but the writing kept me going and by the end, the story was once again delectable. Beautifully done.