Sign in with Facebook
more photos (1)
Catherine’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Catherine’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
Catherine Shields’s Followers (50)
66 books
|
580 friends
3,354 books
|
2,099 friends
156 books
|
759 friends
128 books
|
467 friends
1,985 books
|
294 friends
2,288 books
|
3,928 friends
3,262 books
|
230 friends
638 books
|
2,448 friends
More friends…
Catherine Shields
Goodreads Author
Born
in The United States
Website
Twitter
Genre
Member Since
October 2016
URL
https://www.goodreads.com/60915900-cathy-shields
To ask
Catherine Shields
questions,
please sign up.
|
The Shape of Normal: A Memoir of Motherhood, Disability and Embracing a Different Kind of Perfect
|
|
* Note: these are all the books on Goodreads for this author. To add more, click here.
Here’s an excerpt from my book, a story published in Bacopa Literary Review
Here’s the link: https://www.amazon.com/Bacopa-Literar...
The Messenger
My cousin Charlie and I stand six feet apart in my living room. I imagine he has already calculated the prescribed distance before he even stepped over the threshold. He hasn’t changed. Not since I saw him ten years ago when he came to my wedding and wore what seemed to be an exact replica of that long, black coat.
When he call
Read more of this blog post »
Catherine’s Recent Updates
|
Catherine Shields
entered a giveaway
Peck & Peck
by Bonnie Garmus (Goodreads Author)
25 copies
available, ends on
May 31, 2026
Enter to win »
|
|
|
Catherine Shields
joined the group
Around the Year in 52 Books
|
|
|
|
|
Apr 18, 2026 01:59PM
|
|
|
Catherine Shields
made a comment on
Best Friend 🧡 ’s review
of
The Shape of Normal: A Memoir of Motherhood, Disability and Embracing a Different Kind of Perfect
"
Thank you so much for writing this review! It means a lot.
"
|
|
|
Catherine Shields
liked
Best Friend 🧡 's review
of
The Shape of Normal: A Memoir of Motherhood, Disability and Embracing a Different Kind of Perfect:
"Catherine Shields tells a raw and intimate story about raising her family while coming to terms with the emotional weight of her daughter’s intellectual disability. Through vivid snapshots of everyday life celebrations, vacations, and quiet moments a"
Read more of this review »
|
|
|
Catherine Shields
entered a giveaway
|
|
|
Catherine Shields
wants to read
|
|
|
Catherine Shields
wants to read
|
|
|
Catherine Shields
wants to read
|
|
“For years, I struggled to resist the diagnosis, trying to make Jessica normal, trying to fit her into the mold of my imagined future. But what I now see is the valuable lesson Jessica taught me. I was the one who needed to change.”
―
―
Goodreads Authors/Readers
— 56540 members
— last activity 14 hours, 37 min ago
This group is dedicated to connecting readers with Goodreads authors. It is divided by genres, and includes folders for writing resources, book websit ...more
Booktok 📚
— 227060 members
— last activity 10 minutes ago
A place for booktokers to interact with each other and share the love
Author Marketing - Resources, Exchanges, & Challenges
— 1698 members
— last activity Apr 21, 2026 12:46PM
This group is for all authors who want to learn about marketing for the purpose of increasing book sales. This group will include: 1) Marketing Resou ...more
Reese's Book Club x Hello Sunshine
— 175181 members
— last activity 3 minutes ago
Hey Y’all, We’ve been reading together for awhile and we don’t know about you, but we’re ready to hear your thoughts and opinions. This group is a pl ...more
Oprah's Book Club (Official)
— 86486 members
— last activity 20 hours, 57 min ago
Welcome to the official Oprah's Book Club group. OBC is the interactive, multi-platform reading club bringing passionate readers together to discuss i ...more
Vine Leaves Press
— 266 members
— last activity Nov 11, 2025 03:40AM
Read one or more of our books? Want to discuss your reading experience directly with the author? We can make that happen.
Goodreads Librarians Group
— 322338 members
— last activity 1 minute ago
Goodreads Librarians are volunteers who help ensure the accuracy of information about books and authors in the Goodreads' catalog. The Goodreads Libra ...more
Advanced Copies for Review & Book Giveaways
— 16232 members
— last activity 21 hours, 54 min ago
A place to help authors and reviewers come together to get the word out about new books as well as a group for anyone to post or enter listings for bo ...more
Around the Year in 52 Books
— 11288 members
— last activity 24 minutes ago
~ 2026 Reading Challenge ~ 52 books for 52 weeks. Each week, members read the book of their choice for that week's challenge requirement. ▶︎ CURREN ...more
