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SUMMARY:FFL's Fictional Book Club:  Clear
DESCRIPTION:In FFL's newest book club\, discuss how these fictional stories 
 and characters come to life (or don't) over snacks and coffee.\n\nRegister 
 below or contact\, Barbara Shatara at bshatara@burlingtonvt.gov   \n\nAbout 
 This Month's Book: Clear by Carys Davies\n\nJohn\, an impoverished Scottish 
 minister\, has accepted a job evicting the lone remaining occupant of an 
 island north of Scotland—Ivar\, who has been living alone for decades\, 
 with only the animals and the sea for company. Though his wife\, Mary\, has 
 serious misgivings about the errand\, he decides to go anyway\, setting in 
 motion a chain of events that neither he nor Mary could have 
 predicted.\n\nShortly after John reaches the island\, he falls down a cliff 
 and is found\, unconscious and badly injured\, by Ivar who takes him home 
 and tends to his wounds. “Clear chronicles the surprising bond that 
 develops between these two men…pack[ing] a great deal of power into a 
 compact tale” (The Wall Street Journal) about connection\, home\, and 
 hope—in which John begins to learn Ivar’s language\, and Ivar sees 
 himself reflected through the eyes of another person for the first time in 
 decades.\n\nUnfolding during the final stages of the infamous Scottish 
 Clearances—a period of the 19th century which saw whole communities of 
 the rural poor driven off the land in a relentless program of forced 
 evictions—this singular novel explores what binds us together in the face 
 of insurmountable difference\, the way history shapes our deepest 
 convictions\, and how the human spirit can endure despite all odds. Moving 
 and unpredictable\, “a love letter to the scorching power of language” 
 (The Guardian)\, Clear is “a jewel of a novel” (The Washington 
 Post)—a profound and unforgettable read.\n\n \n\n\nLimited copies of the 
 book are available for checkout at the Main Desk. \n
LOCATION:Pickering Room\, Main Library 
ORGANIZER;CN="Barbara Shatara":MAILTO:bshatara@burlingtonvt.gov
CATEGORIES:Featured 
CONTACT;CN="Barbara Shatara":MAILTO:bshatara@burlingtonvt.gov
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