Astray (Paperback)(Large Print)

from tangledthread

This is a collection of short stories that were created by the author inspired by various historical articles she came across. They share a theme of people who have gone on a different path from those around them: emigrated, fled, changed identities, etc. It is an interesting collection and each ...

from Beamis12

Old newspaper articles, snippets of interest, places visited, all become fodder for these amazing stories by Donoghue. Usually when reading a book of short stories there are always some that are my favorites, some I don't like and some I just don't get, but in this book I really enjoyed them all....

from Cariola

Astray is a fascinating and diverse collection of fourteen short stories/vignettes loosely based on snippets from letters, newspaper articles, footnotes, and other historical documents. Donoghue has taken these small pieces and used both her research and her imagination to flesh them out into com...

from ChristineEllei

Not being a huge short story fan I started this book with a little bit of trepidation, especially after having loved "Room" so much. But, despite the format, I enjoyed this book very much. Each story is a vignette taken from history, a newspaper article, a well known legend or a footnote from ano...

from jessicariddoch

this is not a novel but a collectin of short stories. While I have engoyed room and the letter's book this simply did not hold any of the same magic. In some weays I see this as an indulgence to the author book. This is what I often think of what was the story behind these bit characters in the l...