Larry's Party

by Carol Shields

A detailed look at the ordinary life of Larry Weller between 1977 and 1997 follows the floral designer as he deals with the rapidly changing world and two marriages and two divorces along the way. By the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Stone Diaries. 200,000 first printing. Tour.

Genres: Fiction, Canada, Literary Fiction, Contemporary, Book Club, Novels, Literature

340 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1997

About the author

Carol Ann Shields was an American-born Canadian author. She is best known for her successful 1993 novel The Stone Diaries, which won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction as well as the Governor General's Award. Her novel Swann won the Best Novel Arthur Ellis Award in 1988.