Pomegranate Books and AWAY by Amy Bloom

Friday, May 7th, 2010 | Reviews, The Queen's Pawn

The book signing for THE QUEEN’S PAWN at Pomegranate Books in Wilmington, NC was amazing! Thank you to all the brilliant staff and the lovely people who came to hear me read and who asked such lovely questions about Eleanor and Alais.

And on a different note, I was fortunate enough to be introduced to Amy Bloom’s book, AWAY. I read it in one day, and was struck by her style and her story-telling ability. I am not doing her justice, so I will draw a quote from her novel and let her speak for herself. This is the moment when Lillian, the protagonist, hears that her little girl, Sophie, might still be alive…

"Sophie’s name, the sound of it in Raisele’s mouth, her name said by someone who had seen her, seen her laughing and chasing the chickens, seen her in her flannel nightgown and thick socks, braids one up, one down, seen her running across the yard, ducking Lev Pinsky’s dry red paw. Sophie’s name is a match to dry wood. Ice is sluicing down Lillian now, running off her in sheets. Trees of fire are falling across the frozen field, brilliant orange, blue-tipped and inextinguishable…""

This beautiful passage goes on. Grab AWAY if you haven’t already and treat yourself to Ms. Bloom’s brilliant prose. You will not be sorry.

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2 Comments to Pomegranate Books and AWAY by Amy Bloom

Laura Middleton
May 17, 2010

Seconding your recommendation of Away. If you happen to read her new collection, “Where the God of Love Hangs Out”, let me know. I haven’t read it but I’m curious.

Christy
May 18, 2010

Laura, I have not read that one yet, but when I do I will let you know what I think. If it is even half as good as AWAY, it will be worth a read.

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