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Theresa Shea

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Theresa Shea's third novel, Dog Days of Planet Earth, is available for pre-order now and will be out fall 2026 with ECW Press. Her second novel, The Shade Tree, won the 2020 Guernica Prize and the 2022 Alberta Book Award. The Historical Novel Society named it an Editors' Choice: "Mesmerizing, engrossing, and brilliantly plotted, this is an achievement that will echo long after the last page is turned."

Shea's debut novel, The Unfinished Child,, dramatically explores the moral challenges that result from the increased scientific interventions into human reproduction. It was a finalist for the Alberta Book Award (2014), and the Alberta Readers' Choice Award (2014).

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	The Unfinished Child 3.95 avg rating — 1,173 ratings — published 2013 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Shade Tree 4.45 avg rating — 105 ratings — published 2021 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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“take it from an old man like me, life's too short to get hung up on a little bit of barbed wire”
― Theresa Shea, The Unfinished Child

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Mrs. Lincoln's Dressmaker by Jennifer Chiaverini

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Life After Life by Kate Atkinson

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The Dinner by Herman Koch

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Tell the Wolves I'm Home by Carol Rifka Brunt

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Don't Go by Lisa Scottoline

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Calling Me Home by Julie Kibler

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The Unfinished Child by Theresa Shea

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“Writing is the product of a deeply disturbed psyche, and by no means therapeutic.”
― Edna O'Brien

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“Listen carefully to first criticisms of your work. Note just what it is about your work that the critics don't like—then cultivate it. That's the part of your work that's individual and worth keeping.”
― Jean Cocteau

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