He spends most of his time with his grand-nephew Jesse, who is autistic. Meanwhile, Moses maintains some positive relationships with a few of the people in town.
Now, the town is once again forcing him out of the only life he knows. Years went by, and, eventually, there was no use for him there either, as the lighthouse switched to a fully automated model.
Out of a job, Moses then became the town's lighthouse keeper. Over the centuries, the fisheries depleted the area's sea-life resources, so the government enacted a moratorium on fishing. He used to be a fisherman, back when the island was a hub for the North Atlantic fishing industry. Moses, however, is no stranger to pressure. They send him anonymous threats of violence. In time, the few holdouts to the deal cave in and agree, leaving Moses the lone objector. So, with Moses refusing to accept it, no one gets the generous sums of money the government will pay. The government offer is only valid if every resident accepts the resettlement package. One of the only holdouts is Moses, and this has makes him the focus of the townspeople's attentions. When the government proposes a resettlement package to get the residents off the dying island for good, most take the offer-many happily, a few reluctantly. But with great change comes great struggle, and the man named Moses Sweetland must navigate the idea of living in a world outside of the island, light-years away from the place he calls home.
With the island struggling economically and people relocating to the mainland, the government offers the remaining residents the opportunity to resettle elsewhere. Set on a small island in Newfoundland, it tells the story of an old man who has the same name as the island on which he lives: Sweetland. Sweetland is a novel by Canadian author Michael Crummey, first published in 2014 by W.W.
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