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As well as the historical aspect of the diary. Thank you to goodreads and Hachette Book Group for the free copy of this book and the opportunity to read it. I received this book for free from goodreads first reads program, but that in no way influenced this review. May 26, Rosie rated it liked it.

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A lonely archivist, Kathleen Lynch, emotionally scarred by the loss of her own husband and daughter, befriends a teenage girl, Natalie Gallagher, who is struggling with the divorce of her parents and cyberbullying from girls at school. This unlikely pair comes together through mutual interest in a mysterious diary written in the s by an Irish nanny, Bridget Callaghan, who has secret struggles of her own.

Some Thoughts Spoiler-ish, fair warning: I read books that are pretty much guaranteed to be at least well-written. So, I thought I was going to have to fake some nice things to say about this one, and that it would be a total disappointment because I acquired it so freely and easily. The real potency of this novel comes from the Natalie Gallagher storyline.

Moore very aptly captures the plight of the teenage girl. She is surly and impatient with them. Natalie looks to her parents as sources of strength, and she is deeply angry at them for being fallible and coming up short in their responsibilities to her. Natalie desires someone solid and aware in her life, and she learns the hard lesson that all children must eventually face: The cyberbullying thread of the story is incredibly true to life.

Natalie gets bullied by her ex-best friend and another girl, jealous of the attention Natalie receives from one of the boys in their grade. Moore expertly depicts the cruelty and calculating nature of insecure teenage girls through the constant bombardment of texts, voicemails, pictures, and website posts that Natalie suffers through.

Natalie feels betrayed, helpless, and lost. She loses all self-confidence and becomes very angry at the world. This book practically screams at the reader, sending a strong message about the harsh realities of cyberbullying. There are some flaws within this book, however. I just could not hear the Irish immigrant nanny. I could not hear the Roaring Twenties. The character of Kathleen Lynch is another really off-putting component of this book for me.

I simply could not stand her. She is a sniveling, pathetic wimp of a character. There were some points in time where I wanted to throw the book at the wall. Her fixation on her lost daughter, Susannah, drove me crazy. I do concede that that may have been the point; Kathleen was drowning in her own losses. Overall, this book passed the time pleasantly. See an extended review at my literary blog here: Sep 29, Dawn rated it really liked it Shelves: I impulsively snagged this from the library this Saturday morning.

Despite laundry, housekeeping and beginning the colossal job of packing to move into our new house, I finished it this afternoon. Moore is an author I was not familiar with but she's definitely on my radar now. This story just kept moving. It wasn't thrilling, or action packed, yet so compelling. Kathleen works in a archives library in Boston.

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Years ago, her daughter Susannah ran away after Kathleen confronted her about suspected d I impulsively snagged this from the library this Saturday morning. Years ago, her daughter Susannah ran away after Kathleen confronted her about suspected drug use. Natalie is a young teenager struggling with her parents recent separation and her mothers inability to function since. To make matters worse, Hannah who's been her best friend since kindergarten, has suddenly ditched her and along with her new best friend, popular Taylor Grant, is cyber bullying her through vicious texts.

When they are brought together through a genealogy school project Natalie needs Kathleen's help on, it changes the trajectory of both their lives in ways neither could have guessed. The writing was tight and highly readable. It garnered emotions, empathy and interest. Deftly making me care about each character, their lives and its problems, and had me cheering for a happy ending for all of them.

An engrossing and lovely story about family, friendship and perseverance in the face of adversity. Aug 29, Stacy rated it liked it. This story had such great potential, with 3 separate stories being woven together. One of those stories comes from a tall, skinny yet beautiful 13 year old girl whose mother is nearly non-existent, her father is busy finding someone else to love and her best friend has become one of her cyber bullies.

Another part of the story is an older lady who has 'lost' her only child, and then the third comes from a very old book found in a basement. I was intrigued, because I love that concept of finding This story had such great potential, with 3 separate stories being woven together. I was intrigued, because I love that concept of finding old diaries. I did like the story, but I feel a little let down.

I don't need to have every aspect resolved in the endI like a good story that makes you wonder a bit--but it felt like the author decided, 'i don't know how i want this to end, so i will just leave it at that'. The characters seemed to get thinner and thinner as the ending approached and then the story line just dissolved into nothing.

I was left wondering 'why didn't this character do this' and 'whatever happened to so and so? Moore's writing style and feel she has talent, but I think she could have done better with the ending. Feb 20, Chris Ficcardi rated it it was amazing Shelves: The lives of three women; a teen deeply affected by modern-day cyber-bullying, an early twentieth century Irish immigrant servant girl, and a middle aged archivist, are spun together in a story that transcends time.

I have not been so transfixed by a book in a long, long time. Upon finishing So Far Away I immediately special ordered a c The lives of three women; a teen deeply affected by modern-day cyber-bullying, an early twentieth century Irish immigrant servant girl, and a middle aged archivist, are spun together in a story that transcends time.

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Even the teenaged character, Natalie, is able to speak to the reader in ways that make her both believable as a teen; with emotions, thoughts, and responses that actually seem to emanate from a young woman. This is such an amazing talent for a writer to have. It is striking how she is able to speak in all three voices authentically and give honor to each. But enough talk of what a great writer Meg Mitchell Moore is…this is a just a great novel! Natalie, 13, uncovers a dusty notebook in her basement and undertakes the task of attempting to discover who the mysterious writer of the crumbling journal was and why it was in her cellar!

The third character, Bridget, plays out through the journal itself. Written almost a century before, the notebook details her life as a new immigrant from Ireland who has come to Massachuestts to be in service to a wealthy North Shore family. Great writing and a well thought out storyread it!!!

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May 28, Jennifer rated it it was ok. Oh, how the blurb for this book deceived me. I thought it would be flip flopping back and forth in time telling 2 different stories. And, while you do have a subplot involving the diary of a woman from the 's, it is only the impetus to move the present day story along. I found this book highly depressing. And the storyline involving cyberbullying was incredibly anxiety provoking, in my opinion. It felt to me like so many other contemporary women's fiction where the characters are floating thr Oh, how the blurb for this book deceived me.

It felt to me like so many other contemporary women's fiction where the characters are floating through life in a fog-like state, unable to deal with the hand life has dealt them. While the main characters' storylines resolve, to a degree, I found the ending to be unsatisfactory and left many loose ends. I read novels to escape not to play out exactly as real life would and, for that reason, I am unable to recommend this book.

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However, if realism is what you're looking for, it is definitely a well-written if unsatisfying to this reader novel. May 08, Alex rated it did not like it Shelves: So I won an advanced readers copy of this book for the purposes of reviewing, I imagine. I got about a page in and already knew-- the characters would be irritating. More on that another time. The two mains are dealing with harsh realities: The way the author approaches the mindsets of each just seems rather Also, the author Hm.

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Also, the author has a problem with telling rather than showing, which I find irksome and exhausting. I've written pages of notes for as far as I made it into the book before I abandoned it. Perhaps I'll add a few more points from them later. Listened to fifty percent before setting aside.

Was bothered by the bullying. Felt no connection to the characters. Best to part ways with this one as I was dreading listening to it. Ehhh, this one just didn't do it for me. I had a difficult time getting over many of my pet peeves such as the recurrence of a word throughout a sentence or paragraph, poorly-formed sentence structure that made me halt and re-listen to figure out what was really being said, and character cluelessness. These things often get in the way of my ability to enjoy a story and this time was no exception.

I found Kathleen to be a loathsome character, though I'm not sure that was the intent. I was shocked Ehhh, this one just didn't do it for me. I was shocked over and over again at how self-involved she was but how busybody-ish she seemed to be. So controlling yet so unaware of what was really happening in her environment. I felt jaw-clenchy every time her character started speaking. I was particularly bothered by her lack of awareness.

She would mention her dog, Lucy, and how Lucy was normally one way but was acting another way. After a few chapters of these notifications, the reader knows the dog is ill and needs to go to the vet. How come Kathleen takes so long to figure that out? If she's so into her dog, as she says, she probably should have noticed her dog's ailment much sooner. I also didn't like how Kathleen had to be so involved in everyone's lives but never to their benefit; it was like she was always trying to redeem herself, to prove that she could make everything right for everyone else without ever knowing what was wrong.

I couldn't stand her. I didn't like Bridget, either, though she was more believable; I've known plenty of girls like her However, it was nice to see Bridget at least grew up eventually and took responsibility for her youthful actions, realizing that she'd been a nasty little creature once upon a time. Natalie was the only character for whom I had any sympathy.

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While she didn't really feel like a year-old, I could still understand why she did what she did, why she felt what she felt, and why she was the way she was. She wasn't a strong character, by any means. There are a lot of gaps for the reader to fill in and maybe I used that to Natalie's advantage; maybe that's why I could have sympathy for her, I gave her attributes that weren't really there because I could.

Here's the part that really bothered me, though: I know bullying is a hot topic both in the media and in real life right now. I'm torn on the issue, probably because I've been both the bully and the bullied. I felt my personal issue with bullying was showcased in this very story - why aren't kids able to cope with the teasing and malice that leads up to full-on bullying? Where are their tools? How come no one has shown them how to battle bullying, especially cyber-bullying? Where are the parents and teachers and concerned citizens? And just what is bullying, anyway? I didn't feel text messages claiming to know the truth about Natalie's mom should qualify as bullying.

I think there's a line between teasing, malicious or otherwise, and full-on bullying. I thought Natalie was definitely being picked-on at the beginning but it seemed the type of girlish nastiness that could have easily been squelched, the type of crap we all have to endure at some point in school and then again in real life, over and over. It shouldn't have escalated to bullying but it did. Once it was recognized, no one did anything to stop it except for our good friend and heroine, the archivist Kathleen.

And she's pretty much inept so it did no good. Is this how it really works? It starts with petty little jabs, nasty comments, rude behavior and then escalates into hate speech and death threats because no one knows what to do to make it stop? I was left thinking that if this story is supposed to highlight the evils of bullying, it's doing a poor job. If it's supposed to be showing the importance of belonging, it's still doing a poor job. I was left unimpressed. Jun 17, Drew Hamilton rated it it was ok Shelves: The premise set forth on the cover led me to believe that this was a book about exploring the life of woman from before our narrators' time.

This was pretty much misleading. The whole novel played out like a "ripped from the headlines" made-for-TV Lifetime movie. Natalie - She is the only character in the book worth rooting for. It ends with a clip of the band members hugging, the same scene depicted inside of the Nightmare CD case. This was the second video not to feature the current drummer for Avenged Sevenfold; the first being Nightmare.

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