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      A Celibate Season

      by Carol Shields
      Published
      May 1999
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      General Fiction General Fiction
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      For Jocelyn and Charles, the demands of family and career mean a ten-month separation, during which they decide to communicate with one another by writing letters. Each finds this intimate and exhilarating, as they are able to reveal things that would never be spoken aloud. Yet as the months pass, their letters depict two very distinct views of their time apart and of their marriage. As the separation begins to unravel the threads that bind their marriage together, we bear witness to the evolution and eventually the breakdown of communication. For their "season of celibacy," as they originally joked, is proving to be more of a challenge than either had ever imagined, one that tests the strength of their marriage and their commitment to one another.

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      First Edition May 1999 Penguin ISBN13 9780140275117 ISBN10 0140275118
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      Jul 2000 Fourth Estate (UK) ISBN13 9781857028126 ISBN10 1857028120
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      Jan 1991 Coteau Books ISBN13 9781550500257 ISBN10 1550500252
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      May 1999 Turtleback Books ISBN13 9781417703852 ISBN10 1417703857
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      Aug 2010 Fourth Estate (UK) ISBN13 9780007404681 ISBN10 0007404689
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