Perhaps his ever-growing obsession with mazes may help him find a way through the bewilderment deepening about him as – through twenty years and two failed marriages – he endeavours to understand his own needs. And those of friends, parents, lovers, a growing son.
"Larry's Party delves into many of the themes that reappear in Carol Shields' work and in her conversations – themes of art and words, family, gender, goodness, relationships, ‘the arc of human life’."
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Vick Hope, Caroline O'Donoghue and Daisy Buchanan are our guests on this week's #ReadingWomen podcast
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Pauline Melville
Kirsten Bakis
Anita Shreve
D M Purcell
Carol Shields
Louisa Young
Jane Urquhart
Anita Shreve
Carol Shields
Michele Roberts
Anna Quindlen
D M Purcell
Drusilla Modjeska
Pauline Melville
Christina Koning
Liz Jensen
Michelle Huneven
Kathryn Heyman
Nadine Gordimer
Cristina Garcia
Esther Freud
Lucy Ellmann
Sandra Benítez
Kirsten Bakis
Barbara Kingsolver
Ruth Ozeki
Susanna Clarke
Maggie O'Farrell
Tayari Jones
Kamila Shamsie
Naomi Alderman
Lisa McInerney
Ali Smith
Eimear McBride
A.M. Homes
Madeline Miller
Téa Obreht
Barbara Kingsolver
Marilynne Robinson
Rose Tremain
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Lionel Shriver
Andrea Levy
Valerie Martin
Ann Patchett
Kate Grenville
Linda Grant
Suzanne Berne
Carol Shields
Anne Michaels
Helen Dunmore
Tune into host Vick Hope and a line-up of incredible guests on our weekly podcast full of unmissable book recommendations.
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