02789cam a2200301 4500 1200209332 TxAuBib 20240404120000.0 ||||||s2024||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9781797168517 1797168517 aa55a6c8-855d-4bb6-8bf4-5a5f4036a1aa OverDrive (Reserve ID) 9906898 OverDrive (Product ID) TxAuBib Davies, Carys. Clear [OverDrive] : 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>A stunning, exquisite novel from an award-winning writer about a minister dispatched to a remote island off of Scotland to "clear" the last remaining inhabitant, who has no intention of leaving—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. The two men do not speak a common language, but as John builds a dictionary of Ivar's world, they learn to communicate and, as Ivar sees himself for the first time in decades reflected through the eyes of another person, they build a fragile, unusual connection.<br /> <br /> Unfolding in the 1840s in the final stages of the infamous Scottish Clearances—which saw whole communities of the rural poor driven off the land in a relentless program of forced evictions—this singular, beautiful, deeply surprising novel explores the differences and connections between us, the way history shapes our deepest convictions, and how the human spirit can survive despite all odds. Moving and unpredictable, sensitive and spellbinding, <i>Clear</i> is a profound and pleasurable read. Media Type: Audiobook. Importer Version: 2014-01-08.01 Import Date: 2024-04-03 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)