Away

Jane Urquhart's prose is like no other. I was astounded by her poetic phrasings. Her story is imbued with spiritual ideas, bordering on the paranormal. I found myself savouring the way she described not only the landscape of Ireland and the Canadian Shield but also the way she showed us what her characters were thinking and feeling. My only problem, and it's a minor one, is that I got lost about who was who in the family tree when she went back and forth in time, covering a few generations of character. Some of that is my fault, as I'm a quick reader, and though I struggle over every word I write, I don't always read every word on a page.