| Small Ceremonies | |
| Author: | Carol Shields |
| Country: | Canada |
| Language: | English |
| Publisher: | McGraw-Hill Ryerson |
| Release Date: | 1976 |
| Isbn: | 978-0070823402 |
Small Ceremonies is a 1976 novel by American-Canadian writer Carol Shields.[1] The novel centres on Judith Gill, a university academic who is writing a biography of Susanna Moodie, depicting a year in the life of her family.[2]
The novel has sometimes been described as a roman à clef, as it was published around the same time as Shields' own real-life biography of Moodie and the protagonist's academic background closely resembled Shields's own.[3]
The novel won the Canadian Authors Association's annual award for fiction in 1977,[4] and was shortlisted for the Books in Canada First Novel Award.[5]