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Away : a novel / by Jane Urquhart.

by Urquhart, Jane.

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McClelland & Stewart, c1993.

Irish Canadians -- Fiction.

Canada reads ; 2013.

9780140249262 (1995 Penguin trade pbk.)

9780771086502 (1997 Emblem trade pbk.)

0670855049 (American ed.)

9780771086502 (1997 Emblem trade pbk.)

0771086504 (1997 Emblem pbk.)

9780771086595 (1993 M&S trade pbk.)

0771086539 (2006 special ed.)

356 p. ; 23 cm.

"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."--Publisher.

Historical fiction.

Canadian fiction.

Psychological fiction.

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