If Clara

Name: If Clara
Brand: Findaway Voices
Availability: InStock
Author: Martha Baillie
ISBN: 9781770565982

Author: Martha Baillie

Narrator: Jennifer Dale

Unabridged: 5 hr 13 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: ECW Press

Published: 09/04/2018

Categories: Fiction, Literary Fiction, Women

Synopsis

In If Clara, nobody stands on firm ground. Daisy, a writer confined to her home, her leg in a cast from hip to ankle, receives a parcel containing the manuscript of a novel about a Syrian refugee and is asked to pose as its writer. Julia, the curator at the Kleinzahler Gallery, has no idea that her sister, Clara, has written a novel. However, she does know that Clara suffers from a debilitating mental illness, is unpredictable, and lapses easily into hostility. Maurice's life is changed by an art installation involving a pair of binoculars welded to the wall through which visitors are invited to observe passersby outside. An ultralight aircraft's collision with a quiet lawn brings them all together. If Clara explores the emotional weight of friendship, the complexity of family, and people inextricably entwined.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Orla on July 28, 2019

Ultimately I think this book is about mental and physical health and the coping mechanisms used by an array of (likeable to me) characters. Even though it was a short book I had to digest it slowly. The issues raised in this book will remain with me especially because the story connected to me perso......more

Goodreads review by Jim on April 20, 2019

Every one of Martha Baillie's books explores entirely new territory. This one obviously lies much closer to home for her, the situation and characters having been drawn from events in her own life. Because of the constantly shifting POV, it took me much longer to get into the rhythm of this book tha......more

Goodreads review by John on August 18, 2017

Martha Baillie is one of the most quietly exciting Canadian writers working today, I think, and If Clara is sort of a hybrid of what I loved about her The Search for Heinrich Schlögel and The Incident Report.......more

Goodreads review by Milie_Baker on July 16, 2018

Livre lu dans le cadre de la rentrée littéraire 2018. Un bon roman, qui dépend l'histoire de plusieurs personnages, tous liés. Ils évoluent chacun de leurs côtés, mais l'élément central, celui qui les relie et qui les fait se rencontrer à la fin n'est autre que Clara, le personnage principal. Clara......more

Goodreads review by Kristie on August 29, 2017

I won this book in a Goodreads giveaway and am so glad I did! I'm not sure what to say about it without giving anything away, but...wow! I'd never read anything by this author, but I'll definitely be checking out her other books now. Read this one, you'll be glad you did!......more