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Unless

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Fourth Estate, 2003 - Fiction - 320 pages
In the spring of Reta Winters' forty-fourth year, all the quiet satisfactions of her well-lived life disappear in a moment: her eldest daughter Norah suddenly runs from the family and ends up mute and begging on a Toronto street corner. Reta tackles the mystery of her daughter's breakdown.

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It was an ending I found particularly satisfying. - Goodreads
The writing is smooth yet jarring in places. - Goodreads
Reta is a writer with a husband and three children. - Goodreads
Her writing progresses, but for me unconvincingly. - Goodreads

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This the second time I read the novel, and the main point of it became clear this time around. I didn't remember it as a tool for society to examine the availability of women to express themselves. I ... Read full review

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There is a thin line separating a novel based on ordinary, everyday events that take on universal significance and one that is based on a discussion with your neighbor about his day. She achieved the ... Read full review

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Contents

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Section 2
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Section 3
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About the author (2003)

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.

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