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The Equations of Love

By Ethel Wilson
Afterword by Alice Munro

By Ethel Wilson
Afterword by Alice Munro

By Ethel Wilson
Afterword by Alice Munro

By Ethel Wilson
Afterword by Alice Munro

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Part of New Canadian Library

Part of New Canadian Library

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Jan 05, 2010 | ISBN 9780771094798

Ebook $15.99

Jun 25, 2010 | ISBN 9781551993812

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    About The Equations of Love

    In the two novellas that make up The Equations of Love, Ethel Wilson describes ordinary people in perilous circumstances with extraordinary insight and compassion. “Tuesday and Wednesday” reconstructs the events of two days in the life of Mort and Myrtle Johnson, whose uninspired marriage is strangely transformed by the tragic intervention of fate. “Lilly’s Story” is the study of a woman who, protecting her daughter, invents a new identity for herself, only to live as a fugitive from her own happiness.

    Fist published in 1952, these intuitive and richly ironic stories reveal the unspoken longings and surprising motives that balance the equations of love.

    About The Equations of Love

    In the two novellas that make up The Equations of Love, Ethel Wilson describes ordinary people in perilous circumstances with extraordinary insight and compassion. “Tuesday and Wednesday” reconstructs the events of two days in the life of Mort and Myrtle Johnson, whose uninspired marriage is strangely transformed by the tragic intervention of fate. “Lilly’s Story” is the study of a woman who, protecting her daughter, invents a new identity for herself, only to live as a fugitive from her own happiness.

    Fist published in 1952, these intuitive and richly ironic stories reveal the unspoken longings and surprising motives that balance the equations of love.

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    About Ethel Wilson

    Ethel Davis Wilson, born in South Africa, was taken to live with her maternal grandmother in Vancouver, British Columbia in 1898. In the 1930s Wilson published a few short stories and began a series of fictionalized family reminiscences which were… More about Ethel Wilson

    About Ethel Wilson

    Ethel Davis Wilson, born in South Africa, was taken to live with her maternal grandmother in Vancouver, British Columbia in 1898. In the 1930s Wilson published a few short stories and began a series of fictionalized family reminiscences which were… More about Ethel Wilson

    Product Details

    Category: Women’s Fiction | Literary Fiction

    Paperback | $21.00
    Published by New Canadian Library
    Jan 05, 2010 | 288 Pages | 5-1/8 x 7-3/4 | ISBN 9780771094798

    Category: Women’s Fiction | Literary Fiction

    Ebook | $15.99
    Published by New Canadian Library
    Jun 25, 2010 | 300 Pages | ISBN 9781551993812

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