# Happenstance

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- Book: [Happenstance](https://www.bookquiver.com/carol-shields/happenstance) ([Happenstance.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/carol-shields/happenstance.md))
- Authors: [Carol Shields](https://www.bookquiver.com/carol-shields)
- Publisher: vintage_canada
- ISBN: 978-06-7930-856-0
- Pages: 400
- Published: 1997-04-07
- Language: en_US
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

These two unique novels tell the stories of Jack and Brenda Bowman during a rare weekend apart in their many years of marriage. Jack is at home coping with domestic crises and two uncouth adolescents,...