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Unless

by Carol Shields
Unless - Thryft
Unless - Thryft
  • Booker Prize Nominee (2002)
  • Orange Prize Nominee for Fiction Shortlist (2003)
  • James Tait Black Memorial Prize Nominee for Fiction (2002)
  • Scotiabank Giller Prize Nominee (2002)
  • Ethel Wilson Fiction Prize (2003)
Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.

Unless

by Carol Shields
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ISBN: 9780007139293
Authors: Carol Shields
Publisher: Fourth Estate
Date of Publication: 2002-01-01
Format: Paperback
Related Collections: Literary Fiction, Contemporary
Related Topics: Literature
Goodreads rating: 3.63
(rated by 16439 readers)

Description

Reta Winters, 44 years of age, has started a new sort of life. She has discoverd the meaning of loss for the first time.For all of her days, Reta has enjoyed the useful monotony of happiness: a loving family, good friends, growing success as a writer of light fiction, novels 'for summertime'. This placid existence cracks open one fearful day 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'GOODNESS.' 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.Warmth, passion and wisdom come together in Shields's remarkably supple prose. Unless, a harrowing but ultimately consoling story of one family's anguish and healing, proves her mastery of extraordinary fictions about ordinary life.--back cover
 
  • Booker Prize Nominee (2002)
  • Orange Prize Nominee for Fiction Shortlist (2003)
  • James Tait Black Memorial Prize Nominee for Fiction (2002)
  • Scotiabank Giller Prize Nominee (2002)
  • Ethel Wilson Fiction Prize (2003)
Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.