The Stone Diaries
by Shields, Carol
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New York, NY, U.S.A.: Viking Penguin, 1993. Trade Paperback. Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Includes a newspaper article clipping May 10, 1995 on the author winning the Pulitzer prize for this book. The Stone Diaries is the story of one woman's life; a truly sensuous novel that reflects and illuminates the unsettled decades of our century. Born in 1905, Daisy Goodwill drifts through the chapters of childhood, marriage, widowhood, remarriage, motherhood and old age. Bewildered by her inability to understand her own role, Daisy attempts to find a way to tell her own story within a novel that is itself about the limitations of autobiography. 361 pages. Top & bottom of spine slightly rubbed..
Synopsis
The Stone Diaries is a 1993 award winning novel by Carol Shields. It is the fictional autobiography about the life of Daisy Goodwill Flett, a seemingly ordinary woman whose life is marked by death and loss from the beginning, when her mother dies during childbirth. Through marriage and motherhood, Daisy struggles to find contentment, never truly understanding her life's true purpose. The book's title may have been inspired by Pat Lowther's poetry collection A Stone Diary.
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- Title
- The Stone Diaries
- Author
- Shields, Carol
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- Paperback
- Publisher
- New York, NY, U.S.A.: Viking Penguin, 1993
- Keywords
- FICTION GENERAL WOMEN BIOGRAPHY AUTOBIOGRAPHY 014023313X WOMEN\'S STUDIES
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- Women's Studies;
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