{"product_id":"books-unless-by-shields-carol","title":"Unless","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNothing short of astonishing. -- \u003cem\u003eNew Yorker\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA thing of beauty--lucidly written, artfully ordered, riddled with riddles and undergirded with dark layers of philosophical meditations. -- \u003cem\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor all of her life, 44 year old Reta Winters has enjoyed the useful monotony of happiness: a loving family, good friends, growing success as a writer of light 'summertime' fiction. But this placid existence is cracked wide open when her beloved eldest daughter, Norah, drops out to sit on a gritty street corner, silent but for the sign around her neck that reads 'GODNES.' Reta's search for what drove her daughter to such a desperate statement turns into an unflinching and surprisingly funny meditation on where we find meaning and hope. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe final book from Pulitzer Prize-winner Carol Shields, \u003cem\u003eUnless, \u003c\/em\u003e is a harrowing but ultimately consoling story of one family's anguish and healing, proving Shields's mastery of extraordinary fictions about ordinary life.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"World of Books ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53481119711505,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/9780679311805.jpg?v=1777556549","url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/en-gb\/products\/books-unless-by-shields-carol","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}