Duet

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Carol Shields. Duet

Duet. Carol Shields

Table of Contents

Introduction

Judith

September

October

November

December

January

February

March

PROFESSOR WEDS ART TO LITERATURE

April

May

Charleen

Chapter 1

Chapter 2

Chapter 3

Chapter 4

Chapter 5

Chapter 6

Chapter 7

About the Author. Duet

The Work of Carol Shields

Copyright

About the Publisher

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Cover Page

Title Page

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But that night Martin was at a meeting, and I was asleep when he came home. The next day I forgot. And the next. Whenever it pops into my mind, he isn’t around. And when he is, something makes me stumble and hesitate as though I were afraid of the reply. I still haven’t asked him, but this morning I looked in the drawer to see if it was still there. It was all in place, all eight bundles; nothing had been touched. I must ask Martin about it.

As Meredith grows up I look at her and think, who does she remind me of? A shaded gesture, a position struck, or something curious she might say will touch off a shock of recognition in me, but I can never think who it is she is like.

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