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John of John

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Really lovely, not quite as depressing as some of his other work but just as evocative of place and people

read like you’re running out of time

2 months ago

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John of John

John of John
Sarah Bohl

Sarah Bohl

“Let me just be another person to recommend this book to you. BUT! As I purchased this in Hatchards’s in London, it has NO book club stickers on it (yay). I have dog eared this book up somethin awful. The writing is outstanding. And heartbreaking. Reminds me of a cross between The Heart’s Invisible Furies by John Boyle and A River Runs Through It by Norman McLean.”

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Sterling Graves

Sterling Graves

“An incredible book. Couldn’t put it down. Slow, but in the way a good story should be slow, giving you time to sit with the people and the place. A father and son on a small island in the Outer Hebrides, each trying to make sense of a life that feels both small and enormous. Told from both perspectives, the story gets into family, faith, masculinity, love, and all the things fathers and sons strug”

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Ryann Ferguson

Ryann Ferguson

“His best yet. Never don’t want to read a book about Scotland. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿”

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