Michael Crummey
Michael Crummey is a poet and storyteller and the author of several critically acclaimed novels. His most recent book, Galore, won the Commonwealth Prize for Canada. He lives in St. John's, Newfoundland.
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Michael Crummey is a poet and storyteller and the author of several critically acclaimed novels. His most recent book, Galore, won the Commonwealth Prize for Canada. He lives in St. John's, Newfoundland.
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The government has decided to buy the residents of Sweetland out for a handsome sum and then will relocate them to a place of their choice. However, 100% of the residents must sign on for the deal to proceed. Moses Sweetland is the last holdout and the townspeople are beginning to resent his obstina...
Moses Sweetland does not want to leave the island that has been his home most of his life when the government comes in to resettle the families there. He plots and plans to stay but will he?An interesting read. Moses is unforgettable. As the story moves forward with the resettlement plans, flashback...
It begins in fog. With Matthew Sweetland hearing voices "so indistinct he thought they might be imaginary". This scene from the past alerts readers that they should be concerned with the line between the real and the invented, and even more to the point, with how Sweetland views these states. For ...
A magical realism story of Newfoundland that follows the exploits of two families and how they interconnect and the trials that follow them through the years. It's darkly funny at times and for the most part I enjoyed it. The people were well drawn and very vivid, for all that you go through about ...
This book was interesting but I think I have recently read to many tragic Irish stories so I didn't really enjoy the book very much. It was predictable in the sense that I knew heartbreak, infidelity, and dysfunctional families would prevail in the story; they did. Although this was set in Newfoun...
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