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With wit and compassion, this collection of twenty-one short stories by a Canadian novelist illuminates incidents from everyday life. Shields sketches four strangers on a bus reading the same novel, invitations arriving ...
Daisy Goodwill drifts through childhood, marriage, widowhood, remarriage, motherhood and old age. Bewildered by her inability to understand her role, she attempts to tell her story in a novel. Pulitzer Prize winner, winn...
In this literary biography, writer Carol Shields throws light on the works of the nineteenth-century English novelist, Jane Austen. Discusses the private woman, describing the quiet personal life of a "stern moralist" wh...
Ces Miracles en série ne sauraient être réduits à la seule forme de la nouvelle. Nous les découvrons au carrefour du conte, du récit et de l'anecdote, prêts à nous convaincre qu'un recueil de nouvelles est bien p...
Inspired by the story of Susanna Moodie who settled in Canada with her husband and children in 1832.
In the course of her career, which included novels as well as poetry, short stories, biography and plays, Carol Shields was encouraging of other writers: she read and commented on her friends' manuscripts, taught writing...
This collection of letters between Carol Shields and Blanche Howard follows the arc of a 30-year friendship. They met when both were embarking on writing careers and raising their families, and were steadfast friends unt...
A collection of stories about preparing for, and experiencing, the carnival of life. 2000.
A collection of short stories bringing together more reflections on life from various women around the country. 2003.
A collection of stories about preparing for, and experiencing, the carnival of life. 2000.
A collection of short stories bringing together more reflections on life from various women around the country. 2003.
A collection of short stories bringing together more reflections on life from various women around the country. 2003.