THE ORANGE FISH (Signed copy)
by SHIELDS, Carol
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0394221001
- ISBN 13
- 9780394221007
- Seller
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Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada
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Synopsis
In each of these twelve tales Carol Shields exhibits her extraordinary ability to find meaning and mystery in the chaos of ordinary life. In the title story, an unhappily married couple find their print of an orange fish brings them newfound harmony as they join other owner of the print who gather to extol the miraculous powers of fishness.” Chemistry” describes a group of young musicians drawn briefly into an impenetrable circle of love. And in Hazel,” a middle-aged woman finally comes into her own as a sales rep for a line of kitchen products. The Orange Fish is a collection full of wit and compassion, a series of stories to be read and reread and savored.
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- Bookseller
- JWMah (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 38990
- Title
- THE ORANGE FISH (Signed copy)
- Author
- SHIELDS, Carol
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Edition
- 1st
- ISBN 10
- 0394221001
- ISBN 13
- 9780394221007
- Publisher
- Random House Canada
- Place of Publication
- Toronto
- Date Published
- 1989
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Keywords
- Canadian Literature Women Authors Canada Novels Fiction Signed Copies
- Bookseller catalogs
- Modern First Editions;
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