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Zusatztext The major new novel from Carol Shields now in paperback: Reta Winters!aged 44! has discovered the meaning of loss for the first time. For mostof her life! Reta has enjoyed the useful monotony of happiness: a lovingfamily! good friends! growing success as a writer of light fiction! novels'for summertime'. Then her eldest daughter suddenly withdraws from theworld! abandoning university! family and loving boyfriend to sit on a streetcorner! uncommunicative but for a sign around her neck bearing one word!'GOODNESS'... Informationen zum Autor Carol Shields's novels include Larry's Party (1997), winner of the 1998 Orange Prize; The Stone Diaries (1993), winner of the Pulitzer Prize and shortlisted for the Booker Prize; The Republic of Love (1992); Happenstance (1991) and Mary Swann (1990). Dressing Up for the Carnival, a bestselling collection of short stories, was published in 2000, and a previous collection, Various Miracles, was published in 1994. Born and brought up in Chicago, Carol Shields has lived in Canada since 1957. She was the Chancellor of the University of Winnipeg. Klappentext 'Breathtaking...a masterpiece.' Geoffrey Wansell, Daily Mail Reta Winters has a loving family, good friends, and growing success as a writer of light fiction. Then her eldest daughter suddenly withdraws from the world, abandoning university to sit on a street corner, wearing a sign that reads only 'goodness'. As Reta seeks the causes of her daughter's retreat, her enquiry turns into an unflinching, often very funny meditation on society and where we find meaning and hope. Unless is a dazzling and daring novel from the undisputed master of extraordinary fictions about so-called 'ordinary' lives. Zusammenfassung Dazzling novel from Carol Shields, author of ‘The Stone Diaries’, winner of the Pulitzer Prize, and ‘Larry’s Party’, winner of the Orange Prize.
