So Far Away, Meg Mitchell Moore
So Far Away, Meg Mitchell Moore
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So Far Away
A Novel

Author: Meg Mitchell Moore

Narrator: Suzanne Toren, Emma Galvin

Unabridged: 11 hr 2 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 05/29/2012


Synopsis

Thirteen-year-old Natalie Gallagher is trying to escape: from her parents' ugly divorce, and from the vicious cyber-bullying of her former best friend. Adrift, confused, she is a girl trying to find her way in a world that seems to either neglect or despise her. Her salvation arrives in an unlikely form: Bridget O'Connell, an Irish maid working for a wealthy Boston family. The catch? Bridget lives only in the pages of a dusty old 1920s diary Natalie unearthed in her mother's basement. But the life she describes is as troubling -- and mysterious -- as the one Natalie is trying to navigate herself, almost a century later.

I am writing this down because this is my story. There were only ever two people who knew my secret, and both are gone before me.

Who was Bridget, and what became of her?

Natalie escapes into the diary, eager to unlock its secrets, and reluctantly accepts the help of library archivist Kathleen Lynch, a widow with her own painful secret: she's estranged from her only daughter. Kathleen sees in Natalie traces of the daughter she has lost, and in Bridget, another spirited young woman at risk.

What could an Irish immigrant domestic servant from the 1920s teach them both? As the troubles of a very modern world close in around them, and Natalie's torments at school escalate, the faded pages of Bridget's journal unite the lonely girl and the unhappy widow . . . and might even change their lives forever.

About Meg Mitchell Moore

Meg Mitchell Moore worked for several years as a journalist for a variety of publications before turning to fiction. She lives in the beautiful coastal town of Newburyport, Mass., with her husband and their three daughters. Mansion Beach is her ninth novel.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Debbie on October 18, 2022

So Far Away had 3 different storylines and while I enjoyed all three, Natalie Gallagher’s story was the one I felt most interested in. She is a 13-year-old girl who has been abandoned by her best friend. For reasons she doesn’t understand, she has become the target of bullies. Her parents are going......more

Goodreads review by Dawn on September 29, 2013

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 mo......more

Goodreads review by Drew on July 16, 2012

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. First, our narrators: Natalie - She is......more

Goodreads review by Chris on February 23, 2012

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. Moore’s ability to craft a meaningful and poignant story, while developing character......more