Bibliograph

The stone diaries, Carol Shields ; introduction by Penelope Lively

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The stone diaries, Carol Shields ; introduction by Penelope Lively

Language

eng

Illustrations

genealogical tablesplatesillustrations

Index

no index present

Literary Form

fiction

Main title

The stone diaries

Oclc number

54835987

Responsibility statement

Carol Shields ; introduction by Penelope Lively

Series statement

Penguin classics deluxe edition

Summary

In celebration of the fifteenth anniversary of its original publication, Carol Shields's Pulitzer Prize–winning novel is now available in a Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition One of the most successful and acclaimed novels of our time, this fictionalized autobiography of Daisy Goodwill Flett is a subtle but affecting portrait of an everywoman reflecting on an unconventional life. What transforms this seemingly ordinary tale is the richness of Daisy's vividly described inner life -- from her earliest memories of her adoptive mother to her awareness of impending death

Table Of Contents

Birth, 1905 -- Childhood, 1916 -- Marriage, 1927 -- Love, 1936 -- Motherhood, 1947 -- Work, 1955-1964 -- Sorrow, 1965 -- Ease, 1977 -- Illness and decline, 1985 -- Death

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