Dressing Up for the Carnival

Authors: Shields, Carol
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
BISAC/Subject: FIC019000, FIC029000
ISBN: 9781101161852, Related ISBNs: 0141001917, 0670889210, 110116185X, 9780141001913, 9780670889211
Classification: Fiction
Number of pages: 224,
Audience: General/trade
Synopsis: In Dressing Up for the Carnival, Carol Shields distills her characteristic wisdom, elegance, and insouciant humor in twenty-two luminous stories. A wealth of surprises and contrasts, this collection ranges from the lyricism of "Weather," in which a couple's life is thrown into chaos when the National Association of Meteorologists goes on strike, to the swampy sexuality of "Eros," in which a room in a Parisian hotel on the verge of ruin is the catalyst for passion, to the brave confidence of "A Scarf"-new for this collection-which chronicles the realities of a fledging author's book tour. Playful, graceful, acutely observed, and generous of spirit, these stories will delight her devoted fans and win her new converts as well.
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