Two Women, Two Writers

  • Blanche Howard (Editor) and Allison Howard (Editor)
    A Memoir of Friendship: The Letters Between Carol Shields and Blanche Howard. Viking Press
  • Arthur Motyer, Elma Gerwin and Carol Shields
    The Staircase Letters: An Extraordinary Friendship at the End of Life. Random House Canada
Reviewed by Veronica Thompson
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This review “Two Women, Two Writers” originally appeared in Home, Memory, Self. Spec. issue of Canadian Literature 203 (Winter 2009): 163-165.

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