A Town Called Solace

Eight-year-old Clara, isolated by her distraught parents' efforts to protect her from the truth, is grief-stricken and bewildered. Liam Kane, newly divorced, newly unemployed, newly arrived in this small northern town, moves into the house next door and within hours gets a visit from the police.

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Set in the frozen north of Canada in 1972, this is a novel of painful histories and the moments in life when we can change for the better.

Clara''s rebellious older sister is missing. Grief-stricken and bewildered, she yearns to uncover the truth about what happened.

Liam, newly divorced and newly unemployed, moves into the house next door and within hours gets a visit from the police.

Elizabeth is thinking about a crime committed thirty years ago, one that had tragic consequences for two families. She desperately wants to make amends before she dies.

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''I''ve been telling everyone I know about Mary Lawson . . . Each of her novels is just a marvel'' Anne Tyler

''Close to perfection'' The Times

''Exquisitely poignant'' Liane Moriarty

• | Author: Mary Lawson
• | Publisher: Vintage Publishing
• | Publication Date: Mar 17, 2022
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• | Binding: Paperback / softback
• | ISBN-13: 9781529113433
• | ISBN-10: 1529113431