The Republic of Love
by:
Carol Shields (author)
Fay is a folklorist whose passion for mermaids provides a link with the past. Tom hosts a late-night radio show and has been divorced three times. For Fay and Tom, falling in love at first sight is both an immense surprise and the cause of trepidation. By the author of "The Stone Diaries".
Fay is a folklorist whose passion for mermaids provides a link with the past. Tom hosts a late-night radio show and has been divorced three times. For Fay and Tom, falling in love at first sight is both an immense surprise and the cause of trepidation. By the author of "The Stone Diaries".
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780007166756 (0007166753)
Publish date: 2004
Publisher: HarperCollins
Pages no: 384
Edition language: English
Category:
Novels,
Literature,
Cultural,
Book Club,
Adult Fiction,
Romance,
Literary Fiction,
Drama,
Contemporary,
Canada,
Canadian Literature
This is not my first Carol Shields’ book, so I had expectations when I read it. I expected vivid descriptions, sharp, ironic dialogue, and a plot that moves along gently in the background. I expected to experience ordinary life through the eyes of a keen observer, and see it elevated to a thing of b...
I plodded through this book as long as I did because I have secretly always wanted to live in Winnipeg. Despite the winters, I think that city and I could have a future together. It's like the one that got away of cities, except maybe, still, someday? So even though I didn't find the prose compellin...
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