by Carol Shields · Penguin · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780140251364
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«The Box Garden» is Carol Shields's domestic fiction novel, published by Penguin in paperback (224 pages, in English).
Charleen Forrest, a poet who barely makes a living and works part-time for a scientific journal, travels to her mother's wedding. At the family reunion, while confronting the echoes of her divorce, she becomes caught up in unexpected discoveries and situations that force her to reassess her decisions and her understanding of herself.
Carol Shields's second novel and counterpart to «Small Ceremonies», her first novel; 1996 reprint.
For readers of literary fiction, especially those who enjoy female portraits, everyday life, and family tensions.
Carol Ann Shields was an American-born Canadian novelist and short story writer. She is best known for her 1993 novel The Stone Diaries, which won the U.S. Pulitzer Prize for Fiction as well as the Governor General's Award in Canada.
