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Reta Winters, 44-year-old successful author of light summertime fiction, has always considered herself happy, even blessed. That is, until her oldest daughter Norah mysteriously drops out of college to become a panhandler on a Toronto street corner -- silent, with a sign around her neck... read more
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Characters/People edit
- Reta Winters: Protagonist. She's a writer, a translator, and wife and mother. She questions her life and what it is to be a woman when she can't explain why her daughter has dropped out of life.
- Norah: Reta's daughter. She is found sitting on a street corner wearing a sign "Goodness."
First Sentence edit
It happens that I am going a period of great unhappiness and loss just now.
Series & Lists edit
This is book 56 of 1286 in 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die. (authoritative list)
This book is in The Rory Gilmore Reading Challenge. (community list)
This book is in Random Synapses: 100 Book Reading Challenge (2011). (community list)
This book is in Guardian 1000 Novels Everyone Must Read. (authoritative list)
Authors & Contributors edit
- Carol Shields (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Harper Perennial
Country: United States
Publication Date: April 29, 2003
ISBN: 978-0007742998
Page Count: 226
Publisher: Harper Perennial
Country: United States
Publication Date: April 29, 2003
ISBN: 978-0007742998
Page Count: 226
Awards edit
- Man Booker Prize (Finalist, 2002, shortlist)
- Orange Prize for Fiction (Finalist, 2003)
- Giller Prize (Finalist, 2002, Shortlist)
- BC Book Prize's Ethel Wilson Fiction Award (2003, Winner)
- Governor General's Literary Awards (Finalist, 2002: Fiction)
- CBC Canada Reads (Finalist, 2011)
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 813.54
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