num_pages: 368
description: A young woman embraces a drowning sailor on an isolated beach and changes her own and her family's lives forever. Away was co-winner of the 1993 Trillium Award and spent three years on the Globe and Mail best-seller list.
language: English
title: Away
titlecomplete: Away
genres: Historical, Literature, Literary Fiction, Novels, Historical Fiction, Fiction, Canadian Literature, Canada, Ireland, Romance
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 LTD