Sweetland : a novel
Crummey, Michael (, 1965-)
Sweetland : a novel / Michael Crummey. - New York : Liveright Publishing Corp. , 2014 - 322 p. ; 25 cm
The scarcely populated town of Sweetland rests on the shore of a remote Canadian island. Its slow decline finally reaches a head when the mainland government offers each islander a generous resettlement package - the sole stipulation being that everyone must leave. Fierce and enigmatic Moses Sweetland, whose ancestors founded the village, is the only one to refuse. As he watches his neighbors abandon the island, he recalls the town's rugged history and its eccentric cast of characters
English.
9780871407900
Rural families----Fiction
Newfoundland and Labrador----Fiction
Domestic fiction
PR9199.3.C78 / S94 2014
FIC CRU
Sweetland : a novel / Michael Crummey. - New York : Liveright Publishing Corp. , 2014 - 322 p. ; 25 cm
The scarcely populated town of Sweetland rests on the shore of a remote Canadian island. Its slow decline finally reaches a head when the mainland government offers each islander a generous resettlement package - the sole stipulation being that everyone must leave. Fierce and enigmatic Moses Sweetland, whose ancestors founded the village, is the only one to refuse. As he watches his neighbors abandon the island, he recalls the town's rugged history and its eccentric cast of characters
English.
9780871407900
Rural families----Fiction
Newfoundland and Labrador----Fiction
Domestic fiction
PR9199.3.C78 / S94 2014
FIC CRU
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