Tag: carol shields

American Fiction, Classic, Fiction, Short Story

Stories by Grace Paley, P.G. Wodehouse, Ray Bradbury, Carol Shields, Eudora Welty, F.X. Toole

Back on my old blog, Ready When You Are, C.B. I used to run regular reviews of short stories.  I still do here are James Reads Books though not quite as often.  Since starting over here on WordPress I’ve been migrating my old reviews to this new site.  Below is a smorgasbord of short story reviews from back in 2008.   Grace Paley:  It turns … Continue reading Stories by Grace Paley, P.G. Wodehouse, Ray Bradbury, Carol Shields, Eudora Welty, F.X. Toole

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American Fiction, Classic, Fiction, Short Story

Short Stories Galore: Carol Shields, Henry James, Andrew Holleran, James Purdy, Ursula K. LeGuin, Dorothy Parker

“Love so Fleeting, Love so Fine” by Carol Shields WENDY IS BACK! the sign said. It caught his eye. A sign in an orthopedic shoe store captures a man’s attention. He speculates on what the sign means: who is Wendy? where has she been? why is her return so worthy of notice? He creates a vision of Wendy, the woman behind the sign. His version … Continue reading Short Stories Galore: Carol Shields, Henry James, Andrew Holleran, James Purdy, Ursula K. LeGuin, Dorothy Parker

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Book Review, Canadian Writers, Classic, Novel

Small Ceremonies by Carol Shields

Small Ceremonies by Carol Shields is a little gem, a masterful chamber piece. It’s not the grand orchestra of The Stone Diaries but it is wonderful none-the-less. Set in a Canadian university town in the 1970’s, Small Ceremonies is a year-in-the-life of Judith Gill, mother, wife, biographer. Judith lives with her husband, a professor of Milton, her teenage daughter and her young son. Their family … Continue reading Small Ceremonies by Carol Shields

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