{"product_id":"the-collected-stories-of-carol-shields","title":"The Collected Stories of Carol Shields","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCarol Shields, the Pulitzer Prize-winner author of the novels \u003cem\u003eUnless\u003c\/em\u003e,\u003cem\u003e The Stone Diaries\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eLarry’s Party\u003c\/em\u003e was also a renowned short story writer. Now readers can enjoy all three of Carol Shields’s short story collections – \u003cem\u003eVarious Miracles\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Orange Fish\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eDressing Up for the Carnival \u003c\/em\u003e– in one volume, along with the previously unpublished story, “\u003cem\u003eSegue\u003c\/em\u003e,” her last.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith an eye for the smallest of telling details – a woman applying her lipstick so “the shape of pale raspberry fits perfectly the face she knows by heart” – and a willingness to explore the most fundamental relationships and the wildest of coincidences, Shields illuminates the absurdities and miracles that grace all our lives. From a couple who experiences a world without weather, to the gentle humor of an elderly widow mowing her lawn while looking back on a life of passion, to a young woman abandoned by love and clinging to a “slender handrail of hope,” Shields’s enormous sympathy for her characters permeates her fiction.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePlayful, charming, acutely observed and generous of spirit, this collection of stories will delight and enchant Carol Shields fans everywhere.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCondition: Very Good\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Carol Shields","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50646323200297,"sku":"313267B","price":18.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0857\/9435\/7545\/files\/the-collected-stories-of-carol-shields-3556968.jpg?v=1755725186","url":"https:\/\/thebookstore.pro\/products\/the-collected-stories-of-carol-shields","provider":"The Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}