num_pages: 368
description: 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.
language: English
title: Away
titlecomplete: Away
genres: Romance, Literature, Literary Fiction, Canadian Literature, Novels, Historical, Fiction, Historical Fiction, Canada, Ireland
ratings_count: 6068
places: Canada, Ireland
awards: awardedAt: 757411200000
name: Trillium Book Award, awardedAt: 1357027200000
name: CBC Canada Reads, awardedAt: 820483200000
name: Dublin Literary Award
category: Shortlist
publisher: McClelland & Stewart