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Laura PourMeADrink

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14. Finally found the acclaimed Sweetland. Had to order on line.

Reply to hermetic (Original post)

Wed Jun 8, 2016, 09:42 PM

Jun 2016

Love it so far. Main character - Sweetland - a resident on an island that his ancestors inhabited for centuries. The government wants to buy him and all others off the island.

He is the only one resisting except for another man - who drank kerosene as a child and no one in town could light a match near him

Savoring it...

Sweetland, Michael Crummey a "superb novel"
http://www.macleans.ca/culture/books/sweetland-a-superb-fourth-novel-from-michael-crummey/

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What are you reading this week of June 5, 2016? [View all] hermetic Jun 2016 OP

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Fantastic goat report, TexasProgresive! Mrs. Enthusiast will love it! Enthusiast Jun 2016 #3

Goats, how delightful! hermetic Jun 2016 #12

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Yep, hermetic Jun 2016 #11

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Hello everyone! Thank you for the thread, hermetic! Enthusiast Jun 2016 #4

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Thanks for the thread, hermetic. I think I'm one of the ones that recommended japple Jun 2016 #5

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Thank you, japple! Enthusiast Jun 2016 #9

Thanks for telling us hermetic Jun 2016 #10

Finally found the acclaimed Sweetland. Had to order on line. Laura PourMeADrink Jun 2016 #14

Nice write up from Macleans hermetic Jun 2016 #17

Currently finishing up Lost by S.J. Bolton. SheilaT Jun 2016 #15

That sounds really good! hermetic Jun 2016 #18

Okay, I finished it. And I liked it well enough. SheilaT Jun 2016 #20

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I looked up the movie hermetic Jun 2016 #19

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