Sweetland

Author: Michael Crummey
Publisher: Corsair
Category: Fiction, General
Book Format: Paperback

For twelve generations, the inhabitants of a remote island in Newfoundland have lived and died together. Now, in the second decade of the 21st century, they are facing resettlement. They have each been offered a generous compensation package to leave the island for good. There s just one proviso: everyone must go.Gradually, all of the residents surrender to the inevitable. All of the residents, that is, but one: old Moses Sweetland.Motivated in part by a sense of history and belonging, and concerned that his somewhat eccentric great-nephew will wilt on the mainland, Moses resists the coercion of family and friends in order to hold onto the only place he s ever called home. As his options dwindle, Moses Sweetland concocts a scheme to remain the island s only living resident.Cut off from the outside world, with the food supply diminishing and weather shredding away the last evidence of human habitation, Sweetland finds himself, finally, in the company of ghosts...Written with incomparable emotional power and depth, Sweetland is a story about loyalty and courage, about the human will to persist even when all hope seems lost.

About Michael Crummey
Michael Crummey is an award-winning author of memoir, poetry, short stories, and three previous novels. His third novel Galore won the Commonwealth Writers' Prize (Canada and the Caribbean) and was a finalist for the Governor General's Literary Award. He lives in St. John's, Newfoundland.

(BK-9781472118882)

SKU BK-9781472118882
Barcode # 9781472118882
Brand Corsair
Artist / Author Michael Crummey
Shipping Weight 0.3000kg
Shipping Width 0.169m
Shipping Height 0.026m
Shipping Length 0.238m
Assembled Length 23.800m
Assembled Height 2.600m
Assembled Width 16.900m
Type Paperback

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