Sweetland

Sweetland by Michael Crummey
 322 Pages


"The scarcely populated town of Sweetland rests on the shore of a remote Canadian island. Its slow decline finally reaches a head when the mainland government offers each islander a generous resettlement package--the sole stipulation being that everyone must leave. Fierce and enigmatic Moses Sweetland, whose ancestors founded the village, is the only one to refuse. As he watches his neighbors abandon the island, he recalls the town's rugged history and its eccentric cast of characters."


I enjoyed parts of this book and felt the main character Moses Sweetland was fascinating.  However, the book had inconsistencies in plotting toward the end, as if the author was tacking on adventures to make the book longer.