Peter Donahue - Clara And Merritt

Encompassing the West Coast labor movement, World War II, the rise of McCathyism, the Northwest School of Art, and much more, Clara and Merritt is a profound and multilayered novel that explores how people reckon with the larger forces of world events in their everyday lives. "Peter Donahue has crafted an impressive, fully imagined, satisfying drama, and Clara Hamiliton ranks among the most endearing heroines in Northwest literature." -- Novelist Jim Lynch.