BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//sebbo.net//ical-generator//EN NAME:Lambton County Library X-WR-CALNAME:Lambton County Library BEGIN:VEVENT UID:a03eeb0d-338e-4fc2-8af3-81b8e1d3f4e2 SEQUENCE:0 DTSTAMP:20260808T105518Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240507T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240507T150000 SUMMARY:Adult Fiction Book Club LOCATION:Sarnia Library\nSarnia Library X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Sarnia Library;X-APPLE-RAD IUS=10;X-TITLE=Sarnia Library:geo:0,0 GEO:0;0 DESCRIPTION:Discuss "Sweetland"\, by Canadian author\, Michael Crummey. Sw eetland is a suspenseful story about one man's struggles against the force s of nature and the ruins of memory. Registration is required.  .\nhttp s://lclibrary.libnet.info/event/10158343 X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

For twelve generations\, when the fish wer e plentiful and when they all-but disappeared\, the inhabitants of this re mote island in Newfoundland have lived and died together. Now\, in the sec ond decade of the 21st century\, they are facing resettlement\, and each h as been offered a generous compensation package to leave. But the money is offered with a proviso: everyone has to go\; the government won't be resp onsible for one crazy coot who chooses to stay alone on an island.
&n bsp\; \; \; \; That coot is Moses Sweetland. Motivated in part by a sense of history and belonging\, haunted by memories of the short an d lonely time he spent away from his home as a younger man\, and concerned that his somewhat eccentric great-nephew will wilt on the mainland\, Mose s refuses to leave. But in the face of determined\, sometimes violent\, op position from his family and his friends\, Sweetland is eventually swayed to sign on to the government's plan. Then a tragic accident prompts him to fake his own death and stay on the deserted island. As he manages a despe rately diminishing food supply\, and battles against the ravages of weathe r\, Sweetland finds himself in the company of the vibrant ghosts of the fo rmer islanders\, whose porch lights still seem to turn on at night.

\n< p>To reserve your copy\, visit or call Sarnia Library @ 519-337-3291 or vi sit lclibrary.ca. To reserve an eBook version of "Sweetland\," browse the Libby app.

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