Carol Shields
These two unique novels tell the stories of Jack and Brenda Bowman during a rare week apart in their many years of marriage. Jack is at home coping with domestic crises and two uncouth adolescents, while immobilized by self-doubt and questioning his worth as a historian. Brenda, travelling alone for the first time, is in a strange city grappling with an array of emotions and toying with the idea of an affair. Intimate and insightful yet never sentimental, ,Happenstance, is a profound portrait of a marriage and the differences between the sexes that bring life â€” and a sense of isolation â€” into even the most loving of relationships.
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Happenstance: Two Novels in One About a Marriage in Transition