If you're looking for an escape from reality Faye, Faraway will take you there. Faye, Faraway is a heartfelt "love letter" (not the romantic kind) to anyone who wishes they could spend just one more second with someone who died-and isn't that everyone? Wouldn't it be wonderful to go back in time -not to rewrite the past but to say and do all the things we never got a chance to? Faye, Faraway is about time travel-but more importantly it's about faith, about believing in things we cannot see. There is a religious element to the story- but it fits the plot perfectly. To Helen Fisher's credit she doesn't try to rationalize or explain time travel, and ironically that makes the story all the more credible. Faye, Faraway is a magical trip-one that will make you believe those we've lost aren't really that far away afterall.

Faye is a happily married mother of two who still feels the ache of the loss of her mother as a child. When she suddenly finds herself transported back in time, she has the opportunity to befriend her mother. Faye, Faraway is a heartfelt debut novel; which spends most of the story contemplating the nature of time travel, faith, and the relationship between parents and children. Although the ending was excellent, the book overall was too slow for my taste.

This book caught my attention from the beginning and kept it throughout the book. Faye travels through time in her box and explores the meaning of love and faith when she meets her mother who died when she was young. I was definitely surprised by the ending!

FAYE FARAWAY
BY HELEN FISHER

WOW!!!! I have to rave about how great this story is that Helen Fisher has created for us reader's to draw inspiration from. This isn't a mournful or a tragic story it is a whimsical one about an adult daughter whom is married to a man she loves with two young daughter's who lost her mother when she was eight year's old and the magical way she finds her mother again. The heroine in this quirky, and bewitching debut's name is Faye. Faye has the perfect life but carries with her the scars of losing her mother when she was only eight years old and was adopted by an older couple whom were neighbor's who gave her a life of love.

One day Faye comes across a picture of herself at just around that age and she imagines that it was her mother who she loved so much behind the lens of the camera that took that photo. There is an old Space Hopper box that Faye unearths upstairs in her family attic and she sits inside it and it transports her back into the 1970's and she is reunited with her lovely mother living alone raising her childhood self Faye. The adult Faye that has magically been deposited back in time while her mother was alive saves the child Faye from getting hit by a car and her mother calls the adult Faye (who is now older than her mother) her Guardian Angel. What these two women find in their instant pull of gravity towards one another is the most touching and moving part of the book.

I don't usually like time travelling books or science fiction but the two times that Faye travels back to visit her mother and her younger self were my favorite sections of this novel and Five star worthy. Most of the book takes place in the present and I couldn't wait until Faye would make another travel back in time. Faye's mother Jeanie says that Faye reminds her of her own mother. One sunny perfect picturesque day the two women go into the shopping district of the quaint town and Faye spots inside the window display of a small boutique a perfect pair of children's roller skates and Faye knows in that instant that she had that exact style and pair down to the color and she just knows that she has to get them for the child Faye.

The only problem is and I am not sure why but the currency is different back in the 1970's than it is today. Faye doesn't have any money anyway so she gives the owner of the store a much younger woman named Elizabeth her diamond engagement ring to hold onto in exchange for the roller skates and Elizabeth agrees. Faye also tells Elizabeth that she is going to have a very happy life with a husband she loves and kids she will adore. Faye tells Elizabeth that her son will go missing for three days but not to worry because he will be returned to her unharmed.

I just love novels like these that are populated during kinder, gentler times. They are just so nostalgic of a time period in our country where things were a whole lot simpler. There is no Covid19 and thousand's of people dying per day. Novels written with of course a little suspension of belief are just so magical and rewarding. I know that I for one am seeking out books where all of the character's are lovable and have a good old fashioned magical feel to them in all the right places. Faye Faraway is just that kind of novel that ticks off all of the warm feelings and I promise you that if you give this one a chance you will be happy that you did. This novel was fantastic and for a few hours I got to forget about all the problems going on in the world today. Enjoy!

Publication Date: January 26, 2021

Thank you to Net Galley, Helen Fisher and Gallery Books Publishing for generously providing me with my ARC in exchange for a fair and honest review. All opinions are my own.

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Oh my, this was such a good story. I love time travel books and this one was very emotional. Faye’s goes back to the seventies to visit her Mother. This part of the story reminded me so much of my childhood. The plot was very good and well written.
Many thanks to Gallery Books and to NetGalley for providing me with a galley in exchange for my honest opinion.

This was a really unique book. I do not know what I was expecting when I started reading it but I was pleasantly surprised. I am usually not a fan of time travel plots, but this one is definitely appealing especially for an audience that prefers more relationship centered stories. I do wish there had been a longer introduction before jumping in, just a little more detail on Faye's life. This was really well written and descriptive without being overdone.

One of the most heartbreaking yet hopeful books I’ve ever read. Magical. Having lost my mom this just hit my heart. Healing and loving. One of the best I’ve read

I first heard about this book through a library webinar I attended. As a fan of time-travel books, I found the premise interesting, a story about a woman whose mother died when she was young but who was able to go back in time to see her again. Although I didn't lose my mother as a child, I know the feeling of wanting to spend more time with a loved one you've lost. Faye discovers that there are negatives as well as positives for doing this when she comes across an old box that had originally contained a Christmas gift for her. This box serves as a time machine that can send her back to the year prior to her mother's death. While the trip back is bumpy, and Faye is bruised and battered from it, she is eager to befriend her mother who is younger than she is at the time. She also meets her young self which is an anomaly in this type of fiction. While Faye is reluctant to share her experience with anyone, including her husband who is about to enter the clergy, she confides in a blind co-worker. As she investigates the past through her time-travel trips and also through information she gathers in the present, she learns some amazing facts about her mother. The end is a twist that will surprise you but that makes sense of the plot. While this is a time-travel mystery, it's also a story about faith and family. I read the advanced reader's copy. The book releases in late January, and I highly recommend it.

I loved this one. It had the same vibe as Diane Chamberlain's "The Dream Daughter" and I really enjoyed that she went back in time and got to figure out who her mother was a person, not just as a mother. There is something crazy about how we don't really know our parents as anything other than parents because other people see them as friends, sisters, coworkers, etc. This book really explores that.

Interesting premise. Will open up a lot of discussions about what we would do if we were in Faye’s place. It’s good to think about our loved ones who have passed and what we would like to say to them if we had another opportunity. Didn’t really like the whole god thing but I understand how it was necessary. Interesting ending. Didn’t see that coming but makes sense.

Faye’s life is good. She has an amazing husband and two wonderful daughters, but she has never been able to get over the loss of her mother at 7 years old. Suddenly Faye is thrust into 1977, the year before her mother died. She knows she must find a way to accidentally befriend her mother and her younger self. The two women bond but Faye knows she must go back to her own family eventually. Will she be able to get back?

Any book that is compared to The Time Travelers Wife is a book I want to read, and this one did not disappoint! This book was so beautifully written about loss, grief, regrets, love, etc. I was immediately pulled into Faye’s world and felt the role the loss of her mother had played into her life. I can totally see the appeal of wanting to continually go back to the past, but I also felt Elizabeth’s thoughts on leaving the past alone to be so grounded and real. I loved the side characters in this one as well, her girls, husband, best friend, caretakers were all wonderful and though they played small parts I fell in love with each of them for their own reasons. Overall, I really loved this book and did not expect the ending at all!

This novel was incredibly heartfelt and depicted an effortless sense of simple originality. I enjoyed and connected with the characters. The plot in itself was tight and focused, yet delivered a sense of wonder that I haven't felt from a story in ages. It appears as though this story will be the first of a series concerning the time-travelling tales of Faye and I can only hope to continue the saga.

Faye lost her mother when she was seven years old and now, as an adult and a mom, she wants to make every moment with her two young daughters count. But in a time-travel twist, she finds herself reeled back to 1977, the year before her mother dies. In this world of the past, Faye reconnects with her mother, who doesn’t realize she’s an adult version of her daughter. The two women form a deep friendship and she gets to know her mother in a way that had been previously impossible. While not my typical read, this book was engaging and covered grief, mother-daughter relationships and ideas about reconciling with the past. Helen Fisher manages the time travel aspect deftly and with plenty of satisfying twists and turns. Thank you to Galley Books and Netgalley for the advanced review copy of this book.

I received an ARC of this novel from Netgalley in exchange for an honest review.

Faye lost her mother at the tender age of 8. Years later, as a mother and wife, Faye discovers a way to travel back in time to get to know her.

Touching book with an unforeseen conclusion.

As a fan of Outlander, I was so excited to be granted a digital ARC of Faye Faraway from NetGalley and the publisher, in exchange for an honest review. Like Outlander, Faye Faraway is a time travel novel. However, readers are not transported across an ocean, nor across such a large time span. The desire to return to another time, is not a love interest, but instead, Faye’s own mother, who died when Faye was a little girl. Although, I did not always agree with the decisions Faye made, I did enjoy this read. But, like real life we all handle grief in different ways. I also thought the author did a great job of writing in a blind character as Faye’s best friend. I must say, though, I did think the ending was strange, even for a time travel novel.

Faye, Faraway is about a woman who is able to go back in time to visit her dead mother. While the premise of time-travel is usually very hard for me to get into, this novel addresses it in a way that doesn't make it seem too outlandish. Faye very much realizes how insane she would sound if she told anyone so she only tells her best friend. While this book had some slow parts, I really did enjoy it overall. There were some twists and turns along the way and then end might be a bit predictable, but enjoyable all the same.

This was such an emotional book!
I was crying within the first few pages!
I’m not a big time travel fan but this was done right. Faye lost her mother at a young age and had always missed her. She’s now married with children. One day she finds a picture and gets the chance to go back and visit her mother again. The conversations they have are more than she could’ve imagined.
I definitely recommend this book!
Thanks to Netgalley for my advanced ebook copy.

I feel conflicted about this book. The writing and character development is great and it is such a fresh take on time travel. I love the overall message of not living in the past, but moving forward, making the most of now and the time you have with the people you love. However, without giving anything away, I just did not like where the book ended up.

Thank you NetGalley and Gallery Books for access to this ARC.

Fay, Faraway was a creative escape by Helen Fisher. Faye lives a beautiful life with her husband Eddie and her two girls, but the death of her mother when she was a young child has always left her longing for more. Faye starts to clear out the attic, searching for clues of her mother's life, when she stumbles, falls, and finds herself in the past. The past where she meets her mother and her younger self.

A lovely story of devotion, spirituality, and the power of connection. Thank you, NetGalley for an advanced copy of this novel.

When I read the premise for this book I wasn't sure it was for me, but I thought I'll give it a try.
Faye loses her mother but then goes back in time where she finds her again and is able to create new memories and learn more about her mother than ever before.
There are glimpses of different versions of Faith as her husband is looking into a calling within the clergy.
This book was different than I was expecting, but it was different in a good way that made me want to continue reading.
I can't say this book is for everyone but I think there are things in it that will pull people into the story and have them asking what comes next for these characters.
It is a hard book to find the right words to say about it, I am still ruminating on it, but found it whimsical with hints of magic.

Thank you to NetGalley for this ARC!