About this title: Written in the early 1980s, A CELIBATE SEASON is an epistolary novel and a collaboration between the now well-known writer Carol Shields and her friend Blanche Howard. Shields writes the letters of Chas, a Vancouver architect out of a job; Howard writes those of his wife, Jocelyn, who has gone to Ottawa for nine months to work while Chas stays home with the kids. Awkward at first in their reversed roles, Chas and Jocelyn gradually come to terms with their new lives and, in fact, begin to enjoy them--and, perhaps, to find themselves ready for drastic changes in their marriage.
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Description: Very Good. Clear tape along spine, lightly tanned pages, library stamps on edge & endpages. From Publishers Weekly Friends for three decades, the Pulitzer Prizewinning author of The Stone Diaries and Canadian novelist Howard (The Manipulator) collaborated on this touching, if facile, epistolary novel. First published in Canada in 1991, the work. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Penguin (Non-Classics)
Date Published: 1999
ISBN-13:9780140275117ISBN:0140275118
Description: Good. 140-Y-Add Books rated "Good" may have some notes, underlining, or highlighting. These books also may contain the previous owner's name, stamp, sticker, or gift inscription, or may be library discards. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Penguin (Non-Classics)
Date Published: 1999-05-01
ISBN-13:9780140275117ISBN:0140275118
Description: Very Good. X-Library w/ library markings, Laminated cover, pgs clean & tight, First Class shipping if available for faster service. 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
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: 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: Fourth Estate, London
Date Published: 2000
ISBN-13:9781857028126ISBN:1857028120
Description: Very good. No dust jacket as issued. readers crease. corner creases. light surface scratches both covers. one light crease in spine. read more
Description: Very good. No dust jacket as issued. Advance uncorrected proof. Just some minor edgewear. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 240 p. Audience: General/trade. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Fourth Estate
Date Published: 2000
ISBN-13:9781857028126ISBN:1857028120
Description: Good. This is an EX-LIBRARY COPY. We only offer carefully selected, quality books, in this category. The normal stamps and labels may be present and the front flysheet has been tidily removed. The supplying library will benefit financially from your purchase. This book is in GOOD overall condition. It shows signs of having been read and has general light wear to the cover, spine and pages. read more
Description: Acceptable. Ships from the UK. Former Library book. Shows definite wear, and perhaps considerable marking on inside. Your purchase also supports literacy charities. read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Regina, Saskatchewan, Coteau Books
Date Published: 1991
Description: First edition. A paperback original of this collaborative novel. Shields is perhaps best known for her Pulitzer Prize winning novel "The Stone Diary. " A fine copy in illustrated French style wrappers. Uncommon. read more
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