The Stone Diaries
by Carol Shields
Taste attributes: dramabiographyfamilyslowfresh & originalrealisticenclosedhuman spirit/resilience/survivalempowerment/personal growthcomplex relationship
Boxlist takeA novel that sits near the middle on every taste dimension: nothing pushed to extremes.
Pace: balanced · Originality: balanced · Tone: balanced · Weight: balanced · Realism: balanced · Story: balanced · Structure: balanced · Look: balanced · Scale: balanced · Emotional punch: balancedHow we score
Open Library rating
4.7 / 5
6 ratings
About This Book
This is the poignant story of Daisy Goodwill, twentieth-century pilgrim, from her calamitous birth in Canada to her death in a Florida nursing home nearly ninety years later. Struggling to find her place in the world, she listens and observes, becoming a witness to her own life and death in this rich tale that reflects and illuminates our own unsettled era.
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- Author
- Carol Shields
- Published
- 1993
- Pages
- 361
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- Open Library
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