For fans of The Shipping News, Michael Crummeys prose conjures up the mythical, sublime world of Sweetlands past amid a storm-battered landscape haunted by local lore. As one by one his neighbors relent, he recalls the towns rugged history and its eccentric cast of characters. Fierce and enigmatic Moses Sweetland, whose ancestors founded the island, is determined to refuse. Its slow decline has finally reached a head, with the mainland government offering each islander a generous resettlement package- the only stipulation being that everyone must leave.
Book Synopsis The scarcely populated town of Sweetland clings to the shore of a remote Canadian island. About the Book Winner of the CBC Bookie Award for Fiction Winner of the Newfoundland & Labrador Book Award Finalist for the the BMO Winterset Award Longlisted for the Dublin Literary Award Shortlisted for the Governor Generals Literary Award An Audie Awards Finalist The epic tale of an endangered Newfoundland community and the struggles of one man determined to resist its extinction.
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