Oct 22, 2006 22:15
Carol Shields' writing always seems to catch me up emotionally and this book was no different. I felt Reta's emotions as she examined her life and the world around her in the light of her daughter's withdrawl from society. I experienced her heart break, her frustration, her anger and her hope. Carol Shields allows me to live inside her characters for a brief time and because of this her books have a powerful effect on me.
Unless was a story of ordinary people with ordinary lives told in an extraordinary voice.
2006,
book review,
bookring/ray