About this title: Contains two novels, each about the events of one weekend - one from the wife's point of view, one from the husband's. Brenda and Jack have rarely been apart. But when Brenda goes to a crafts convention for a week, Jack is left alone to cope while Brenda comes to realize her own creativity.
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Description: Very Good. GREAT BOOK! NO SPINE CREASES & MILD WEAR ON LAMINATED COVER. A FEW LIBRARY STAMPS, NO MARKINGS IN TEXT. Description: Contains two novels, each about the events of one weekend-one from the wife's point of view, one from the husband's. Brenda and Jack have rarely been apart. But when Brenda goes to a crafts convention for a week, Jack is left alone to cope while Brenda comes to realize her own creativity. read more
Description: Good. Purchasing this DVD supports the North Central Regional Library. Thriftbooks and NCRL have partnered to help raise additional funds for the library system. Library ID found on DVD and case. Ex-Library book-will contain library markings. Light shelf wear and minimal interior marks. Millions of satisfied customers and climbing. Thriftbooks is the name you can trust, guaranteed. Spend Less. Read More. read more
Description: Good. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Description: Acceptable. Former Library book. Shows definite wear, and perhaps considerable marking on inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Penguin Books
Date Published: 1994
ISBN-13:9780140179514ISBN:0140179518
Description: Very good. No dust jacket as issued. has normal wear, very good reading condition. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 416 p. Audience: General/trade. read more
Description: Good. 1994-Paperback----Used-Good-Hall Street Books proudly ships from Brooklyn, NY. All orders are processed and shipped within 24 hours, M-F. 100% money back No-Worry guarantee with expedited delivery and delivery confirmation available. read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Penguin USA, E Rutherford, New Jersey, U.S.A.
Date Published: 1994
ISBN-13:9780140179514ISBN:0140179518
Description: Good. A few pages have their corners folded. One story is published upside down to the other story. A bit of smudge to the page edge. A NICE edition, USEFUL! Light scuff to the paperback cover and the page edge, this book is in PRESENTABLE condition. read more
"I love Carol Shields. So, when I saw this at the used bookstore, I snapped it up. As always, Carol touches on relationships with finesse and subtlety. There's a bit of a gimmick in that the book is told from two points of view of a marriage: one half is the wife's, the other her husband's. Both are of the same period of time when Brenda, the wife, travels to Philadelphia for a conference, leaving Jack at home with the kids. I think you can pick which you read first, although the true cover is Brenda's, Jack's has the UPC code and price on it. Both halves of the novel had been previously published.
Long marriages chronicle familiarity and it was refreshing to read of two characters for whom that didn't translate into contempt. Also interesting was the examination of a marriage over a time period when the two people weren't interacting with each other. I didn't bother to plot point events in each story on a timeline, but am willing to bet there is another story there.
A good, smart read, and if you haven't read The Stone Diaries, that's a 5 star-er."
"Interesting premise...essentially two books in one, where you learn what happens during five days that a married couple spends away from each other, from each of their perspectives. The focus on domestic minutiae irritated me occasionally, and I didn't really love either character.
I recommend reading The Husband's Story first, though you could go either way."
"Carol Shields (along with fellow female Canadian writers Margaret Atwood and Alice Munro) is one of my favorite novelists. This book was written more than a decade before her acclaimed "The Stone Diaries" but has similar literary writing style and insightful descriptions of characters. She also wickedly skewers social mores of the 1970s. The book is comprised of 2 novellas that look at a marriage from different angles, one told by the wife and one by the husband."
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