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Carol Shields novels include Larry’s Party (1997), winner of the 1998 Orange Prize; The Stone Diaries (1993), winner of the Pulitzer Prize and short-listed for the Orange Prize. Born and brought up in Chicago, Carol Shields has lived in Canada since 1957. Blanche Howard is the author of three previous novels.
In an original collaboration two award-winning authors, Carol Shields and Blanche Howard, have written an immensely enjoyable novel which give us both sides of a story about the breakdown of traditional roles, rules and communication in a marriage.
A CELIBATE SEASON is the story of a married couple, Jocelyn and Charles, (Jock and Chas) and their self-imposed separation of ten months when Jock accepts a job in a city more than three thousand miles away from her family. As "breadwinner" and suddenly "single" again Jock is confronted with local politics, loneliness and advances from the opposite sex. Meanwhile back at home, Chas, an unemployed architect, is now a "single parent" who has to reacquaint himself with his teenage children, Mia and Greg, learn to run a household and shift his career priorities. Throw in an attractive young housekeeper, a mother-in-law who enjoys her wine, a touch of teenage angst, some unexpected home renovations and a disastrous Christmas dinner and you have modern family life.
In an original collaboration two award-winning authors, Carol Shields and Blanche Howard, have written an immensely enjoyable novel which give us both sides of a story about the breakdown of traditional roles, rules and communication in a marriage.
In an original collaboration two award-winning authors, Carol Shields and Blanche Howard, have written an immensely enjoyable novel which gives us both sides of a story about the breakdown of traditional roles, rules and communication in a marriage. A Celibate Season is the story of a married couple, Jocelyn and Charles, and their self-imposed separation of ten months when she accepts a job in a city more than a thousand miles away from her family.
• An original work by two acclaimed authors
• Carol Shields has won both the Pulitzer Prize and the Orange Prize
• A submission for August summer reading campaigns
• Shields reputation will ensure prominent display and prominent review coverage
Competition: If Morning Ever Comes; The Dark Flood Rises. Anne Tyler;Margaret Drabble;
Product details
Biographical note
Carol Shields novels include Larry’s Party (1997), winner of the 1998 Orange Prize; The Stone Diaries (1993), winner of the Pulitzer Prize and short-listed for the Orange Prize. Born and brought up in Chicago, Carol Shields has lived in Canada since 1957. Blanche Howard is the author of three previous novels.