Unless Wydawca: Harper Perennial Opis produktu Unless by Carol Shields opens with a jarring, unforgettable act that forces a mother to reexamine everything she thought she knew about family and meaning. This spare, luminous novel from Pulitzer Prize–winner Carol Shields is a masterclass in contemporary women's fiction and literary storytelling. Reta Winters has a comfortable life: a steady marriage, three grown daughters, and success as a writer. Then her eldest, Norah, drops out of university and sits on a busy street corner with a placard that reads 'Goodness.' Reta's attempt to understand Norah's silence becomes a searching meditation on motherhood, grief, identity, and the small moral acts that tether us to one another. Shields balances gentle humor and heartbreaking clarity in a narrative that is at once intimate and socially observant. Fans of literary fiction, women's fiction, mother-daughter novels, and quiet family drama will find Unless both wrenching and consoling. Readers who search for novels about finding meaning, character-driven contemporary fiction, or books by Pulitzer Prize winners will appreciate Shields's precise prose and compassionate insight. If you seek an English book that lingers after the last page, offering questions rather than neat answers, pick up Unless. This final novel by Carol Shields is ideal for book clubs, readers of character-driven literary fiction, and anyone moved by stories about ordinary lives made extraordinary. Buy Unless by Carol Shields and discover a small, powerful novel about love, loss, and the search for goodness. Specyfikacja SKU: PEEA002699850 EAN: 9780060874407 Waga: 313 g Author: Shields, Carol Binding: Paperback Pages: 352 Publication Year: 2006 BISAC Category 1: FIC044000 BISAC Category 2: FIC045000 BISAC Category 3: FIC016000