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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
Turtleback Books
Publication date
July 1, 2003
Binding
Prebinding
Book category
Adult Fiction
ISBN-13
9780613659284
ISBN-10
0613659287
Dimensions
0.75 by 5.50 by 8.25 in.
Weight
0.65 lbs.
Availability§
Out of Print
Original list price
$23.90
§As reported by publisher
Summaries and Reviews
Summary
Reta Winter's idyllic life is shattered when her daughter abandons her life to sit on a street corner with a sign reading 'GOODNESS' around her neck, a situation that prompts Reta to uncover what drove her daughter to her new existence.
Amazon.com description: Product Description: Forty-four-year-old Reta Winters, wife, mother, writer, and translator, is living a happy life until one of her three daughters drops out of university to sit on a downtown street corner silent and cross-legged with a begging bowl in her lap and a placard round her neck that says "Goodness." The final book from Pulitzer Prize-winner Carol Shields, Unless is a candid and deeply moving novel from one of the twentieth century's most accomplished and beloved authors.
Editions
Hardcover
Large print edition from Thorndike Pr (October 1, 2002)
9780786245994 | details & prices | 371 pages | 5.75 × 9.00 × 1.25 in. | 1.20 lbs | List price $29.95
About: Reta Winter's life is shattered when her eldest daughter drops out to sit on a gritty street corner with a sign reading 'GOODNESS' around her neck, a situation that prompts Reta to uncover what drove her daughter to her new existence.
About: Reta Winter's life is shattered when her eldest daughter drops out to sit on a gritty street corner with a sign reading 'GOODNESS' around her neck, a situation that prompts Reta to uncover what drove her daughter to her new existence.
from Fourth Estate in America (May 1, 2002)
9780007141074 | details & prices | 213 pages | 6.50 × 9.50 × 0.87 in. | 1.10 lbs | List price $24.95
About: Novelist Reta Winter's idyllic life is shattered when her eldest daughter abandons her life to sit on a gritty street corner with a sign reading 'GOODNESS' around her neck, a situation that prompts Reta to uncover what drove her daughter to her new existence.
About: Novelist Reta Winter's idyllic life is shattered when her eldest daughter abandons her life to sit on a gritty street corner with a sign reading 'GOODNESS' around her neck, a situation that prompts Reta to uncover what drove her daughter to her new existence.
Paperback
from Perennial (January 1, 2006)
9780060874407 | details & prices | 320 pages | 5.50 × 8.25 × 1.00 in. | 0.65 lbs | List price $14.99
Reprint edition from Fourth Estate (May 1, 2003)
9780007154616 | details & prices | 320 pages | 5.25 × 8.25 × 0.75 in. | 0.60 lbs | List price $13.95
About: Reta Winter's idyllic life is shattered when her daughter abandons her life to sit on a street corner with a sign reading 'GOODNESS' around her neck, a situation that prompts Reta to uncover what drove her daughter to her new existence.
About: Reta Winter's idyllic life is shattered when her daughter abandons her life to sit on a street corner with a sign reading 'GOODNESS' around her neck, a situation that prompts Reta to uncover what drove her daughter to her new existence.
Cassette/Spoken Word
With Joan Allen (other contributor) |
Unabridged edition from Harperaudio (May 1, 2002)
9780060098896 | details & prices | 3.25 × 6.25 × 2.75 in. | 0.50 lbs | List price $32.95
About: Novelist Reta Winter's idyllic life is shattered when her eldest daughter abandons her life to sit on a gritty street corner with a sign reading 'GOODNESS' around her neck, a situation that prompts Reta to uncover what drove her daughter to her new existence.
About: Novelist Reta Winter's idyllic life is shattered when her eldest daughter abandons her life to sit on a gritty street corner with a sign reading 'GOODNESS' around her neck, a situation that prompts Reta to uncover what drove her daughter to her new existence.
Prebinding
from Turtleback Books (January 1, 2006)
9781417818990 | details & prices | 5.75 × 8.25 × 1.00 in. | 0.75 lbs | List price $25.70
About: Forty-four-year-old Reta Winters, wife, mother, writer, and translator, is living a happy life until one of her three daughters drops out of university to sit on a downtown street corner silent and cross-legged with a begging bowl in her lap and a placard round her neck that says "Goodness.
About: Forty-four-year-old Reta Winters, wife, mother, writer, and translator, is living a happy life until one of her three daughters drops out of university to sit on a downtown street corner silent and cross-legged with a begging bowl in her lap and a placard round her neck that says "Goodness.
The price comparison is for this edition
from Turtleback Books (July 1, 2003)
9780613659284 | details & prices | 5.50 × 8.25 × 0.75 in. | 0.65 lbs | List price $23.90
About: Reta Winter's idyllic life is shattered when her daughter abandons her life to sit on a street corner with a sign reading 'GOODNESS' around her neck, a situation that prompts Reta to uncover what drove her daughter to her new existence.
About: Reta Winter's idyllic life is shattered when her daughter abandons her life to sit on a street corner with a sign reading 'GOODNESS' around her neck, a situation that prompts Reta to uncover what drove her daughter to her new existence.
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