The setting is a remote island off Newfoundland's south coast,and the inhabitants of the island have been offered a compensation package to leave the island for good. The residents slowly accept the inevitable, all but Moses Sweetland, and the town of Sweetland's residents are upset with him, because if one person refuses the package, there is no deal for any of them.
Moses finds a way to stay on the island, and the majority of the novel is his story of solitude amidst the storms of both sea and sky, a struggle to survive on the island that has shaped him.
This is Crummey's third novel and he just keeps on getting better. Four stars for this one!
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