The Orange Fish

by Carol Shields (Author)

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  Paperback
  1992

  $3.43

  In each of these twelve tales Carol Shields exhibits her extraordinary ability to find meaning and mystery in the chaos of ordinary life. In the title story, an unhappily married couple find their print of an orange fish brings them newfound harmony as they join other owner of the print who gather to extol the miraculous powers of fishness. Chemistry describes a group of young musicians drawn briefly into an impenetrable circle of love. And in Hazel, a middle-aged woman finally comes into her own as a sales rep for a line of kitchen products. The Orange Fish is a collection full of wit and compassion, a series of stories to be read and reread and savored.