“carol shields”

Reta Winters, 44-year-old author of light summertime fiction and mother of three beautiful teenage daughters, has always considered herself happy, even blessed. That is, until her oldest daughter Norah mysteriously abandons college to become a panhandler on a Toronto street corner--uncommunicative b... More

The glorious national bestseller by a writer who unfailingly "reminds us again why literature matters" ("The New York Times Book Review"). Giving readers, as it were, a CAT scan of the life of one Larry Weller--born in 1950, an ordinary guy made extraordinary by his creator's perception, irony, and ... More

Charleen is a divorcee in her mid-thirties, eking out a living as a poet and part-time assistant for an obscure scientific journal. Although she is quick to count her blessings - a son whom she loves, a blossoming relationship with a man, and friends who care about her - Charleen wonders how her lif... More

Jane Austen gets the biography she deserves from the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of "The Stone Diaries."With the same sensitivity and artfulness that are the trademarks of her award-winning novels, Carol Shields explores the life of a writer whose own novels have engaged and delighted readers for ... More

This newest addition to the BrainJuice series imparts all the really important facets of the English language in 40 incisive, hilarious, and all-encompassing poems, which support the author's heroic efforts to make English funny, comprehensible and comprehensive, as well as irresistible. Illustratio... More

Susanna Moodie turns from an examination of pioneer life in the bush to a portrayal of the relatively sophisticated society springing up in the clearing along Lake Ontario.... More

Born in 1905, Daisy Goodwill drifts through the chapters of childhood, marriage, widowhood, remarriage, motherhood and old age. Bewildered by her inability to understand her own role, Daisy attempts to find a way to tell her own story within a novel that is itself about the limitations of autobiogra... More

Reta Winters, 44-year-old author of light summertime fiction and mother of three beautiful teenage daughters, has always considered herself happy, even blessed. That is, until her oldest daughter Norah mysteriously abandons college to become a panhandler on a Toronto street corner--uncommunicative b... More

The joys and bewilderments of day-to-day living take on special significance in Carol Shields's short stories.... More