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Happenstance

Happenstance

by Carol Shields

1980FictionHusbandsMarried peopleMarriageMarried people, fiction
4.0
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Themes & subjects

FictionHusbandsMarried peopleMarriageMarried people, fictionUnited states, fiction
First published 1980

Setting

Chicago (Ill.)

About the author

Carol Shields
Carol Shields

2 June 1935 – 16 July 2003

Author

Carol Shields

First published

1980

Pages

225

Read time

≈ 6h

Editions

23

Languages

English, German, French

Publisher

Fourth Estate

ISBN

9789462380844

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