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Various miracles / Carol Shields.

by Shields, Carol.

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Stoddart, 1985.

9780679307785 (1996 Vintage Canada trade pbk.)

0773750363 (trade pbk.)

183 p. ; 21 cm.

The stories collected here offer an entrancing look at some of the various miracles of everyday life, the quirks of chance and coincidence, life's setbacks and improvisations. Carol Shields deftly draws us into the lives of a broad range of sharply observed characters, from the brilliant young violinist smothered by an overprotective family, to the elderly widow mowing her lawn while a long, passionate life buzzes around in her memory. Blending wit and compassion, Shields illuminates moments when ordinary people face extraordinary circumstances, declarations of love and revelations that transform their lives. Sharp, skeptical and sympathetic, this collection presents Shields at her inimitable best in twenty-one miracles of the storyteller's art.

Short stories, Canadian.

Canadian fiction.

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