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Richard B Wright  Clara Callan  About Clara Callan: It is the
late 1930s and two sisters, Clara and Nora Callan, face the
future with hope and uncertainty. Clara, a 30-ish school
teacher, lives in small-town Ontario and longs for love and
adventure. Nora, her flighty, gorgeous younger sister, escapes
to New York and becomes a minor radio soap celebrity. Told
through the sisters' diaries and letters, Clara Callan vividly
brings the two sisters to life in a world struggling through the
Depression, and the growing threat of fascism in Europe. In her
small-town world, Clara searches for passion but violence,
deception and loss, it seems, are never far away both sisters as
they journey from innocence to experience. Questions for
discussion: 1. Who has the more fulfilling life, Clara or Nora?
Why? 2. Women today have far more sexual freedom than they had
seventy years ago. For an unmarried woman a