Synopses & Reviews
With the profound maturity and exquisite eye for detail that never failed to capture readers of her prize-winning novels, Carol Shields dazzles with these remarkable stories. Generous, delightful, and acutely observed, this essential collection illuminates the miracles that grace our lives; it will continue to enchant for years to come.
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“A revelation and a delight.” Cleveland Plain Dealer
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“A joyride…One delightful turn after another.” Boston Globe
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“Surprising, daring, and varied...Shields Collected Stories makes you feel more keenly the premature loss of her tremendous talent. Rocky Mountain News
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“Transcendent…Shieldss stories are made of the fresh air and sunshine of comfortable daily life.” New York Sun
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“A master storyteller of complex and surprisingly nuanced life stories.” Providence Journal
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“Shields writes about whimsy, happenstance and serendipity, tragedies that really arent, and clean, cutting prose about things that really hurt…Amazing.” Denver Post
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“Sublime...Original…Superb…These surprising, effervescent stories can only help to ensure the power of [Shields] legacy.” Miami Herald
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“Marvelous…This big, beautiful collection should win Shields the devoted readership she deserves.” O magazine
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“Genius…[Shields] is one of our strongest voices in literature.” Charlotte Observer
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“A magisterial compilation... Shields has left us with an intricate literary map of human relationships.” Washington Post Book World
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“Full of wonder and serendipity…the stories are truly remarkable, combining great good humor with poignant observation.” Seattle Times
Synopsis
"Shields writes with an almost painfully attuned ear for the nuances of language and the way they attach to feelings and probe the most delicate layers of human consciousness. . . . She reminds us again why literature matters." -- New York Times Book Review
With an Introduction by Margaret Atwood
With the profound maturity and exquisite eye for detail that never failed to capture readers of her critically acclaimed novels, Carol Shields, the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Stone Diaries, dazzles with these remarkable stories. Generous, delightful, and acutely observed, this essential collection illuminates the miracles that grace our lives; it will continue to enchant for years to come.
--Seattle Times
About the Author
Carol Shields was born in Chicago and lived in Canada for most of her life. She is the author of three short story collections and eight novels, including the Pulitzer Prize -- winning The Stone Diaries and Larry's Party, winner of the Orange Prize.