Clara Callan

by Richard B. Wright

This novel, told in diaries, is set in the mid-1930s and tells the story of Clara (the diarist) and her sister Nora. Nora has gone off to New York City where she stars in a radio soap opera, but Clara is a prosaic schoolteacher in their small Canadian town.

Available editions of Clara Callan

	9780060506063, Hardcover, Harpercollins, 2002 $1.00 (Used, Very Good) Other copies of 9780060506063

	9781554684809, Paperback, Harpercollins Canada, 2009 $10.00 (NF.) Other copies of 9781554684809

	9780002005012, Book, HarperFlamingoCanada, 2001 $1.00 (Used, Very Good) Other copies of 9780002005012

	9781565117600, Audio Cassette, Penguin Group USA, 2002 $1.00 (New) Other copies of 9781565117600

	9780060506070, Paperback, Harpercollins, 2003 $1.00 (Used, Very Good) Other copies of 9780060506070

Publisher Notes

In a small town in Canada, Clara Callan reluctantly takes leave of her sister, Nora, who is bound for New York. It's a time when the growing threat of fascism in Europe is a constant worry, and people escape from reality through radio and the movies. Meanwhile, the two sisters -- vastly different in personality, yet inextricably linked by a shared past -- try to find their places within the complex web of social expectations for young women in the 1930s.

While Nora embarks on a glamorous career as a radio-soap opera star, Clara, a strong and independent-minded woman, struggles to observe the traditional boundaries of a small and tight-knit community without relinquishing her dreams of love, freedom, and adventure. However, things aren't as simple as they appear -- Nora's letters eventually reveal life in the big city is less exotic than it seems, and the tranquil solitude of Clara's life is shattered by a series of unforeseeable events. These twists of fate require all of Clara's courage and strength, and finally put the seemingly unbreakable bond between the sisters to the test.

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"[S]uperb....A wrenching chronicle of time passing and opportunity lost."

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