Unless by Carol Shields
Nothing short of astonishing. -- New Yorker
A thing of beauty--lucidly written, artfully ordered, riddled with riddles and undergirded with dark layers of philosophical meditations. -- Los Angeles Times
For 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.
The final book from Pulitzer Prize-winner Carol Shields, Unless, is a harrowing but ultimately consoling story of one family's anguish and healing, proving Shields's mastery of extraordinary fictions about ordinary life.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780007141074 |
| ISBN 10 | 0007141076 |
| Title | Unless |
| Author | Carol Shields |
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| Publisher | HarperCollins Publishers |
| Year published | 2002-05-01 |
| Number of pages | 224 |
| Prizes | Short-listed for Man Booker Prize (Novel) 2002, Short-listed for Scotiabank Giller Prize 2002, Short-listed for Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction (Fiction) 2003, Short-listed for Libris Awards (Fiction) 2003 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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