Carol Shields explores the bonds between mothers and daughters, husbands and wives, and what happens when abstract ideas are put to the test
The Stone Diaries
Written by Carol Shields
- Shortlisted
- The Booker Prize 1993
- Published by Fourth Estate
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Carol Shields presents a fictionalised autobiography chronicling the 20th century life of a seemingly ordinary woman born in Canada in 1905
Written in diary form, The Stone Diaries follows the long and eventful life of Daisy Goodwill Flett, a, Canadian woman, born in 1905 out of love and tragedy. The book follows Daisy’s life through marriage, motherhood and widowhood as she ages with the century, in a subtle and evocative portrait of one woman’s unique - therefore exceptional - life.
Carol Shields
Carol Shields was born in Chicago but spent much of her life in Canada and England. She published six novels and two collections of short stories
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