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MUCH!
I’m afraid I’m going to sound like a broken record when I say how much I really LOVE this book. Recently I’ve had a good run with a few books that are absolutely terrific….
And
THIS NOVEL IS TOO!!!!!
It’s a *REALLY* special novel to me….
Effortless reading…. smooth
gorgeous - addicting-prose….
exactly the type of literary fiction I love best….
I was sad — so that must be said—
but “Crow Lake and the Morrison family, deeply resonated with me.
Just SOOOO WONDERFUL (haha, those last two words have become my signature autograph lately )….
But…
ITS TRUE!!
…..by golly…this is the BEST BOOK!!!
And given my background of having lost a father to death suddenly - at age 4 - and all the things that unfolded…..
I was incredibly choked up during about 50% of reading it. (throughout)
I read parts of this novel while feeling sick & horrible associated with the devastation in Florida — the building that collapsed….
Also….
I know I’m getting sloppy and lazy with reviews lately.
So much is going on….
Between some of my own physical ailments ….. running a business…..lots to take care of ( body, property, health issues physical pain, etc etc.)…. people stopping —-three different people this morning and it’s barely 1:30 pm….
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December 2021 – A Town Called Solace by Mary Lawson, NORTHERN ONTARIO
1st December 2021
A Town Called Solace by Mary Lawson, novel set in Northern Ontario.
Longlisted for the Booker Prize 2021.
In the Acknowledgements the author says: The town of Solace exists only in my imagination, but the setting is very real: the vast and beautiful area of lakes and rocks and forests known as the Canadian Shield, in Northern Ontario.
This is the first novel I have read by Mary Lawson and categorically it will not be the last. She brings incredible writing, gentle wit and well formed characters to her storytelling.
The year is 1972. Clara is seven years old and her father calls her ‘Little’. I immediately imagine her as Olive from the tragi-comic film, Little Miss Sunshine. Her older sister Rose, a wayward teenager, has left home and the police are investigating her disappearance. It is thought she may have headed to Toronto and every day, Clara holds a vigil at her window, anticipating her return.
Elizabeth, an older woman, lives opposite and Clara is charged with looking after her cat, Moses, whilst Elizabeth is in hospital. She takes her responsibilities very seriously and heads over every day to spend a little time with her feline friend. She is taken aback, however, when