Fresh Air, Carol Shields

By: Terry Gross

Narrated by: Terry Cross

The late writer, Carol Shields on this edition of Fresh Air. Carol Shields discusses her life, her work, and her diagnosis of stage 4 breast cancer. She won a Pulitzer Prize for her best-selling novel The Stone Diaries. Her books are often about middle class people leading quiet lives. Her other novels include Larry's Party which won Britian's Orange Prize, The Republic of Love, and Swann: A Mystery. She also wrote a biography of Jane Austen as well as plays, poetry and story collections. In 1998 Shields was diagnosed with breast cancer. Her last novel, Unless was written after her diagnosis. (Broadcast Date: July 18, 2003)Then, hear titles by Carol Shields.

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