Louise Finch's The Eternal Return of Clara Hart
Posted on Tuesday, January 3, 2023
Category: Author Videos
Louise Finch tells us about her first YA novel, The Eternal of Clara Hart, in which a boy is given the chance to put right a wrong - again, and again. The book covers themes including toxic masculinity and grief.
The Eternal Return of Clara Hart follows what happens when a boy, Spence, witnesses a classmate die in what looks like a tragic accident at a house party. When Spence wakes up to the same day again and sees Clara, the girl who died, alive and well, it’s clear he’s been granted a second chance. And a third. And a fourth…
Caught in a loop, condemned to experience the same 24 hours over and over, Spence tries to prevent the terrible events of the party. To break the spell he has to re-evaluate everything he previously took for granted and find the courage to call out his own and others complicity in events that marked the life and death of Clara Hart.