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Sebastian Barry’s novel, "On Canaan’s Side," is told by our old heroine Lilly Bere, and Irish woman who is grieving over the loss of her grandson Bill. Her grief is deep, real and you instantly find yourself in an intimate relationship with a woman to whom you were just introduced. Each day after the death of her grandson she recounts her life’s story in hopes of understanding how she got where she is. Day one, as she sits at her kitchen table she asks herself, “What is the sound of an eighty-eight year old heart breaking?” “It might not be more than silence, and certainly a small slight sound”. As she sits each day thereafter, she recounts her life’s story with soulful language as she describes its complexities…beginning with her life as a child in Ireland shortly after WWI and ending in present day America. As the reader you will experience the highs and lows of Lilly Bere’s life, her loves, her hopes and her sorrows. "On Canaan’s Side" immediately grabs you with its literary style and poignant subject matter. In it we see our human condition, and it begs the questions, what and where is the “promised land” and how to we get there? It is a classic, and not to be missed. --Sina
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