CAROL
SHIELDS
/
DRESSING
UP
FOR
THE
CARNIVAL
Dressing
Up
for
the
Carnival
is
a
short
story
collection
All
over
town
people
are
putting
on
their
costumes;
X
slips
into
his
wife'
s
lace-trimmed
night
gown
and
waltzes
around
his
bedroom;
Tamara
is
no
longer
the
dull
clerk
receptionist
when
she
wears
that
yellow
skirt,
she
evolves
into
a
stunning
creature
exuding
passion
and
vitality.
In
Weather
a
couple's
life
is
thrown
into
utter
chaos
when
The
National
Association
of
Meteorologists
go
on
strike
-
what
will
they
wear?
what
will
they
eat?
In
Soup
du
Jour
a
young
boy
contemplates
life,
the
cracks
in
the
pavement
and
his
mother's
soup-making.
Each
story
encapsulates
the
human
spirit,
its
diversities,
complexities
and
absurdities.
Shields
observes
with
compassion
the
carnival
that
goes
on
in
each
of
our
lives
and
the
realities
that
we
create
for
ourselves.
Carol
Shields'
second
collection
of
short
stories
celebrates
the
extraordinary
details
that
are
found
in
ordinary,
everyday
lives
Paperback
published
Fourth
Estate
London
2000
in
v
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