She set out to portray a woman who had (and needed) good friends, to illuminate those aspects of Moodie
which Moodie herself had kept hidden, and to build on her own sense of connectedness to...
Family and Intimate relationships
Carol Shields
Her mother, born Inez Selgren
, was of Swedish origin. She had been a teacher, but did not work while her children were young. She died in 1971.
Wachtel, Eleanor, editor. “Carol Shields”. More Writers and Company: New Conversations with CBC Radio’s Eleanor Wachtel, Vintage Canada, 1997, pp. 36-56.
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“Contemporary Authors”. Gale Databases: Literature Resource Centre-LRC.
Shields, Carol. Small Ceremonies. McGraw-Hill, Ryerson, 1976.