num_pages: 414
description: It is the year 1934, and in a small town in Canada, Clara Callan reluctantly takes leave of her sister, Nora, who is bound for the show business world of New York. It's a time when people escape from reality through radio and the movies, when the Dionne Quints make headlines, when the growing threat of fascism in Europe is a constant worry, and the two sisters -- vastly different in personality yet inextricably linked by a shared past -- try to find their place 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 ...
language: English
title: Clara Callan: A novel
titlecomplete: Clara Callan: A novel
genres: Fiction, Historical, Canadian Literature, Book Club, Canada, Literature, Novels, Contemporary, Historical Fiction, Literary Fiction
ratings_count: 9058
places: Ontario
awards: awardedAt: 978336000000
name: Scotiabank Giller Prize, awardedAt: 978336000000
name: Governor General's Literary Awards / Prix littéraires du Gouverneur général
category: Fiction, awardedAt: 1009872000000
name: Canadian Booksellers Association Libris Award
category: Fiction Book, awardedAt: 1009872000000
name: Trillium Book Award
publisher: HarperFlamingoCanada