Happenstance

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Happenstance is an amalgamation of 'happening' and 'circumstance'. It generally refers to a random event. The word has been in use since the 19th century.


  • Happenstance is a novel by the Canadian author Carol Shields, originally published as two separate novels: The Husband's Story (1980) and A Fairly Conventional Woman (renamed in Happenstance as 'The Wife's Story') (1982). It tells the two parallel stories of Jack and Brenda Bowman as they face their first real time apart in all their years of marriage. Shields won the Pulitzer Prize for a later novel, probably her most famous, The Stone Diaries (1993).
  • Happenstance, a French film by Laurent Firode.
  • Happenstance, a 2002 album by Fozzy.
  • Happenstance, a 2004 album by Rachael Yamagata.
  • Happenstance, a 2004 album by Boyracer.
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