Bailey's/Orange Women's Fiction Group discussion

Our October book is Larry's Party by Carol Shields.
It won the prize in 1998.

Reviews:
https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-en...
http://www.booksincanada.com/article_...

Interview with author:
https://www.theguardian.com/books/200...

I haven’t been able to get a copy of this. I currently have around 200 books on the shelf waiting to be read so have declared a moratorium on buying any more so if it’s not in the library it’s a no go!

That is a shame Penny. It is quite old, so some libraries who had copies at the time may have got rid of them since.

Has anyone managed to find a copy, or already own one?

Val wrote: "Has anyone managed to find a copy, or already own one?"

For anyone in Surrey in the UK, the library catalogue shows a Large Print copy and an audiobook on CD. None in normal print though!

I have it on Kindle, but am not likely to get to it anytime soon :(

I am running behind... I am going to start this today. I got a normal print copy from my library, but it is due in 4 days and can't be renewed. (I've had it checked out for a couple of weeks but am only getting to it now)

I am almost halfway thru Larry's Party and I have to say I am pleasantly surprised at how much I am liking it. Reading the description of it (paraphrasing) as a day in the life of an everyman, I was prepared for some boring introspective tedium, but it is actually entertaining with a nice touch of humor. And the chapter I just finished was titled "Larry's Penis" which had a whole paragraph with euphemisms and nicknames for penises. So there's that! :)

Just wanted to come back and say that I ended up enjoying Larry's Party and gave it 4 stars. I was expecting to be underwhelmed for some reason so it was a pleasant surprise!

I was underwhelmed the first time I read it, but I found it funnier second time around.