New York: Fourth Estate. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 2002. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0007141076 . A handsome first edition/first printing in unread Fine condition in Fine dust-jacket; In Shields Carol, a woman who has been through the wringer in life, is looking for a fresh start. She moves to a small town in Maine and starts a new job at the local library. She befriends the librarian and her granddaughter. One day, Carol finds a letter from her deceased mother that changes her life. The letter tells her that her mother was a Holocaust survivor and that she was sent to a concentration camp. Carol is shocked and ashamed that she had never known. She is determined to find out more about her mother and her experiences during the Holocaust. She starts researching and finds out that her mother was one of the few women who survived Auschwitz. Carol is inspired by her mother's bravery and determination to survive and she decides to start her own journey to learn more about the Holocaust and the women who survived it.; 8vo .

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Unless, first published by Fourth Estate, an imprint of Harper Collins in 2002, is the final novel by Canadian writer Carol Shields. Semi-autobiographical, it was the capstone to Shields's writing career: she died shortly after its publication in 2003. The work was widely acclaimed and nominated for the Booker Prize, the Giller Prize, the Governor General's Award, the Orange Prize for Fiction, and received the Ethel Wilson Fiction Prize.

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Bookseller: Books Tell You Why, Inc. (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 18000
Title: Unless - 1st Edition/1st Printing
Author: Shields, Carol
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Fine in Fine dust jacket
Edition: First Edition; First Printing
ISBN 10: 0007141076
ISBN 13: 9780007141074
Publisher: Fourth Estate
Place of Publication: New York
Date Published: 2002
Keywords: Collectible Rare Out-Of-Print, Cons Strang

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