03532cam a2200301 4500 1673307278 TxAuBib 20241024120000.0 ||||||s2024||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9781797168517 1797168517 aa55a6c8-855d-4bb6-8bf4-5a5f4036a1aa OverDrive (Reserve ID) 9906898 OverDrive (Product ID) TxAuBib Davies, Carys. Clear [Libby] : A Novel. Simon & Schuster Audio, 2024. Format: OverDrive OverDrive MP3 Audiobook, Filesize: 86MB. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Listen, Filesize: 86MB. Fiction. Literature. Historical Fiction. HTML:<b>"Tender, riveting, and inventive is <i>Clear</i>, the newest offering and masterpiece from the brilliant Carys Davies. It will take your breath away...What a thrill." —Sarah Jessica Parker</b><br /> <br /> <b>One of <i>Vogue's</i> Best Books of the Year</b><br /> <br /> <b>Winner of the 2024 Bookmark Festival Book of Year<br /> Shortlisted for the 2024 Books Are My Bag and Award<br /> Longlisted for the 2024 Saltire Society Literary Award and the Historical Writers' Association Crown Award</b><br /> <br /> <b>A "daring and necessary...sophisticated and playful" (<i>The New York Times</i>) novel from an award-winning writer, <i>Clear</i> is the story of a minister dispatched to a remote island to "clear" its last remaining inhabitant—an unforgettable tale of resilience, change, and hope.</b><br /> John, 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.<br /> <br /> Shortly 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. "<i>Clear</i> chronicles the surprising bond that develops between these two men...pack[ing] a great deal of power into a compact tale" (<i>The Wall Street Journal</i>) 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.<br /> <br /> Unfolding 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" (<i>The Guardian</i>), <i>Clear</i> is "a jewel of a novel" (<i>The Washington Post</i>)—a profound and unforgettable read. Media Type: Audiobook. Importer Version: 2014-01-08.01 Import Date: 2024-10-24 20:00:03. Bain, Russ. https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=aa55a6c8-855d-4bb6-8bf4-5a5f4036a1aa&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive MP3 Audiobook) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=aa55a6c8-855d-4bb6-8bf4-5a5f4036a1aa&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive Listen)