[Hac-announce] July 2026 HAC Book Discussion: "Stone Yard Devotional" by Charlotte Wood

[kvngough at aol.com]

Our book for July is Stone Yard Devotional: A Novel by Charlotte Wood. The discussion will take place on Saturday, July 18 at 2:30 pm at the Wilson Branch of the New Haven Free Public Library, located at 303 Washington Ave., New Haven.



>From Amazon:Burnt out and in need of retreat, a middle-aged woman leaves Sydney to return to the place she grew up, taking refuge in a small religious community hidden away on the stark plains of rural Australia. She doesn't believe in God, or know what prayer is, and finds herself living this strange, reclusive existence almost by accident.
But disquiet interrupts this secluded life with three visitations. First comes a terrible mouse plague, each day signaling a new battle against the rising infestation. Second is the return of the skeletal remains of a sister who disappeared decades before, presumed murdered. And finally, a troubling visitor plunges the narrator further back into her past.
Meditative, moving, and finely observed, Stone Yard Devotional is a seminal novel from a writer of rare power, exploring what it means to retreat from the world, the true nature of forgiveness, and the sustained effect of grief on the human soul.
“Stone Yard Devotional is about one woman’s inward journey to make sense of the world and her life when conflicts and chaos are abundant in both realms…A fierce and philosophical interrogation of history, memory, nature, and human existence.” – Booker Prize remarks

Hope to see you on the 18th,Kevin (& Paula)
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