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A Celibate Season
A Celibate Season
Author: Carol Shields, Blanche Howard
Originally published in 1991, this remarkable collaboration came about when Carol Shields and her friend Blanche Howard decided to tell two sides of the same story. Carol wrote the man's version and Blanche the woman's. — A Celibate Season is the story of what happens when Jocelyn and Charles, who have been married for years, are faced wit...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780140275117
ISBN-10: 0140275118
Publication Date: 5/1/1999
Pages: 240
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  • Currently 3.7/5 Stars.
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3.7 stars, based on 11 ratings
Publisher: Penguin (Non-Classics)
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover
Members Wishing: 0
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This was one of the most insightful, comic and well-written books I've read in a long time. Perhaps it is the life stage I'm at but no, I think the brand of wry humor intermingled with thought-provoking observations about marriage, middle age, career, sex, and children would be engaging to anyone. I love the idea these two authors corresponded with each other as their characters such that the evolution of the story took place almost in real time with an element of fluidity and spontaneity that only this format could achieve. Many of the characters' observations made me laugh out loud while others left me waxing on a thought for days. Excellent, excellent, excellent, don't miss this one.
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a portrait of a amarriage from letters writed during a period of celibacy.
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An interesting approach. Quick read.


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