Collected stories
By: Carol Shields ; with an introduction by Margaret Atwood.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Fourth Estate
Published: 2004
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 593
Subjects: Canada -- Social life and customs -- Fiction
Genres: Fiction.
Work titles: Short stories
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Segue; title: Various miracles:  Various miracles; title: Mrs. Turner cutting the grass; title: Accidents; title: Sailors lost at sea; title: Purple blooms; title: Flitting behavior; title: Pardon; title: Words; title: Poaching; title: Scenes; title: Fragility; title: The metaphor is dead; title: pass it on; title: A wood (with Anne Giardini); title: Love so fleeting, love so fine; title: Dolls, dolls, dolls, dolls; title: Invitations; title: Taking the train; title: Home; title: The journal; title: Salt; title: Others.  The orange fish:  The orange fish; title: Chemistry; title: Hazel; title: Today is the day; title: Hinterland; title: Block out; title: Collision; title: Good manners; title: Times of sickness and health; title: Family secrets; title: Fuel for the fire; title: Milk bread beer ice.  Dressing up for the carnival:  Dressing up for the carnival; title: A scarf; title: Weather; title: Flatties: their various forms and uses; title: Dying for love; title: Ilk; title: Stop!; title: Mirrors; title: The harp; title: Our men and women; title: Keys; title: Absence; title: Windows; title: Reportage; title: Edith-Esther; title: New music; title: Soup du jour; title: Invention; title: Death of an artist; title: The next best kiss; title: Eros; title: Dressing down.