by Carol Shields · HARPERCOLLINS UK · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780007139293
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«Unless» is the contemporary fiction novel by Carol Shields, published by HarperCollins UK in paperback (213 pages, in English).
Reta Winters, a 44-year-old writer and translator, leads a peaceful family life until her eldest daughter, Norah, drops out of university and sits on a street corner with a sign reading «Goodness». The novel follows Reta as she tries to understand that decision and becomes a reflection on loss, meaning and hope in everyday life.
Shields won the Pulitzer Prize for The Stone Diaries. Unless was shortlisted for the Booker Prize in 2002 and the Orange Prize in 2003, and won the Ethel Wilson Fiction Prize in 2003.
Recommended for readers of contemporary literary fiction and reading groups, especially those looking for novels about family and everyday life.
Carol Ann Shields was an American-born Canadian novelist and short story writer. She is best known for her 1993 novel The Stone Diaries, which won the U.S. Pulitzer Prize for Fiction as well as the Governor General's Award in Canada.
