My Home Is Far Away

Rating:
Summary: Beautiful and poignant
Review: This is one of the most amazing books I have ever read. Dawn Powell turns what could be the stuff of melodrama--small-town girlhood with an unloving stepmother--into a deeply beautiful exploration of growing up and finding strength and beauty wherever you can. It is as smart as the very best of Tolstoy, as witty as Chekhov, as purely American as Mark Twain, and still as uplifting (and accessible) as any Oprah's Book Club selection could hope to be. It's an almost perfect book, and one you will never forget.

Rating:
Summary: Touching, heartbreaking, intelligent, and honest
Review: This is one of the most amazing books I have ever read. Dawn Powell turns what could be the stuff of melodrama--small-town girlhood with an unloving stepmother--into a deeply beautiful exploration of growing up and finding strength and beauty wherever you can. It is as smart as the very best of Tolstoy, as witty as Chekhov, as purely American as Mark Twain, and still as uplifting (and accessible) as any Oprah's Book Club selection could hope to be. It's an almost perfect book, and one you will never forget.