The Orange Fish
by Shields, Carol
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- ISBN 10
- 0394221001
- ISBN 13
- 9780394221007
- Seller
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Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
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About This Item
Synopsis
In each of these twelve tales Carol Shields exhibits her extraordinary ability to find meaning and mystery in the chaos of ordinary life. In the title story, an unhappily married couple find their print of an orange fish brings them newfound harmony as they join other owner of the print who gather to extol the miraculous powers of fishness.” Chemistry” describes a group of young musicians drawn briefly into an impenetrable circle of love. And in Hazel,” a middle-aged woman finally comes into her own as a sales rep for a line of kitchen products. The Orange Fish is a collection full of wit and compassion, a series of stories to be read and reread and savored.
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Details
- Bookseller
- BISON BOOKS - ABAC/ILAB (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 074908
- Title
- The Orange Fish
- Author
- Shields, Carol
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- ISBN 10
- 0394221001
- ISBN 13
- 9780394221007
- Publisher
- Random House
- Place of Publication
- Toronto
- Date Published
- 1989
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