Happenstance The Wife's Story |
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| Author:
| Shields, Carol |
| ISBN: | 978-0-679-30856-0 |
| Publication Date: | Apr 1997 |
| Publisher: | Random House of Canada
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| Imprint: | Vintage Canada |
| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $17.00 |
Book Description:
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These two unique novels tell the stories of Jack and Brenda Bowman during a rare weekend apart in their many years of marriage. Jack is at home coping with domestic crises and two uncouth adolescents, while immobilized by self-doubt and questioning his worth as a historian. Brenda, travelling alone for the first time, is in a strange city grappling with an array of emotions and toying with the idea of an affair. Intimate and insightful yet never sentimental,
Happenstance is a...
More DescriptionThese two unique novels tell the stories of Jack and Brenda Bowman during a rare weekend apart in their many years of marriage. Jack is at home coping with domestic crises and two uncouth adolescents, while immobilized by self-doubt and questioning his worth as a historian. Brenda, travelling alone for the first time, is in a strange city grappling with an array of emotions and toying with the idea of an affair. Intimate and insightful yet never sentimental, Happenstance is a profound portrait of a marriage and the differences between the sexes that bring life -- and a sense of isolation -- into even the most loving of relationships.