{"product_id":"unless-carol-shields-paperback","title":"Unless -- Carol Shields, Paperback","description":"\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"Nothing short of astonishing.\" -- \u003cem\u003eNew Yorker\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"A thing of beauty--lucidly written, artfully ordered, riddled with riddles and undergirded with dark layers of philosophical meditations.\" -- \u003cem\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe final book from Pulitzer Prize-winning author Carol Shields, \u003cem\u003eUnless, \u003c\/em\u003e is a harrowing but ultimately consoling story of one family's anguish and healing, proving Shields's mastery of extraordinary fiction about ordinary life.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFor all of her life, 44 year old Reta Winters has enjoyed the useful monotony of happiness: a loving family, good friends, growing success as a writer of light 'summertime' fiction. But this placid existence is cracked wide open when her beloved eldest daughter, Norah, drops out to sit on a gritty street corner, silent but for the sign around her neck that reads 'GOODNESS.' Reta's search for what drove her daughter to such a desperate statement turns into an unflinching and surprisingly funny meditation on where we find meaning and hope.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Carol Shields\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e Harper Perennial\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublished:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1\/3\/2006\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 352\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/strong\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWeight:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.69 lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSize:\u003c\/strong\u003e 8.01\" H x 5.36\" L x 0.89\" W\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 9780060874407\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Flowerburst","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67997006627120,"sku":"9780060874407","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2712\/8368\/files\/9780060874407.jpg?v=1791708271","url":"https:\/\/flowerburst.co\/products\/unless-carol-shields-paperback","provider":"Flowerburst","version":"1.0","type":"link"}