Happenstance: Two Novels in One About a Marriage in Transition

by Carol Shields · 1980

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Consists of two novels fused together in the middle. Both tell the story of the same five-day period - one from Jack Bowman's point of view, and the other from his wife, Brenda's.

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literary fictionliterary fictionMore like thisLess of thiswomen’s fictionwomen’s fictionMore like thisLess of this
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womenwomenMore like thisLess of this
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1980s1980sMore like thisLess of thisCanadaCanadaMore like thisLess of this
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adult
Length
long · 416 pages

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