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The acclaimed author of The Orange Fish and Swann writes a delicious, sophisticated novel of modern romance about a folklorist with a penchant for the past who falls in love with a off-beat, spontaneous disc jockey, who's definitely wrapped up in the present. "A touching, elegantly funny,... read more
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Characters/People edit
- Tom Avery: Add a description of this character.
- Bibbi
- Clyde
- Peter Knightly
- Sonya
- Sammy
- Peggy Mcleod
- Mike
- Fritzi
- Suzanne
- Fay Mcleod
- Strom
- Sheila
- Mr. Duff
- Richard Mcleod
- Hannah Webb
- Iris Jaffe
- Gordon
- Muriel Brewmaster
- Gary Waring
- Ted Woloschuk
- Matthew
- Robin Cummerford
- Jenny Waring
- Jake Greary
- John Brewmaster
- Sophie
- Jeff
- Anne Morris
- Velma
- Ken Baggot
- Bruce
- Niteline
- Patsy Macarthur
- Steve Fitzsimmons
- Dr. Plette
- Mac Jaffe
Quotes edit
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“She knows the old cliche: To fall in love is to fall out of love. Maybe that's all that's happened, something as simple and blameless as that. Love is selfish. Love is dangerous, impractical, wasteful. Loving, we put a pistol to our heads. It burns, it makes us into fools, always it keeps us waiting. It sickens, it makes us sick, it's the start of a serious illness, it's illness itself.”
Fay
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It's not respected. It's the one thing in the world everyone wants – she's convinced of that
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but for some reason people are obliged to pretend that love is trifling and foolish.
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First Sentence edit
As a baby, Tom Avery had twenty-seven mothers. So he says. That was almost forty years ago.
Authors & Contributors edit
- Carol Shields (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Penguin Books
Country: U.S.
Publication Date: 1992
ISBN: 01401-49902
Page Count: 366
Publisher: Penguin Books
Country: U.S.
Publication Date: 1992
ISBN: 01401-49902
Page Count: 366
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- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 813.54
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