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Penguin Books (1995), Paperback, 400 pages
Description
From her birth in rural Manitoba, to her journey with her father to southern Indiana, to her years as a wife, mother, and widow, to her old age, Daisy Stone Goodwill struggles to find a place for herself in her own life.
Media reviews
Life in the Garden
The Stone Diaries is a kaleidoscopic novel, brilliantly and intricately told by way of straight narrative, alternating points of view, letters, newspaper reports.
There is little in the way of conventional plot here, but its absence does nothing to diminish the narrative compulsion of this novel. Carol Shields has explored the mysteries of life with abandon, taking unusual risks along the way. "The Stone Diaries" reminds us again why literature matters.
Awards
Booker Prize (Longlist — 1993)
Dublin Literary Award (Longlist — 1996)
Pulitzer Prize (Winner — Fiction — 1995)
National Book Critics Circle Award (Finalist — Fiction — 1994)
Governor General's Literary Award (Finalist — 1993)
Manitoba Book Awards (1993)
The Big Jubilee Read (1993 — 1992-2001)
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Physical description
400 p.; 7.9 inches
ISBN
014023313X / 9780140233131