The Stone Diaries

Author(s): Carol Shields

Fiction

Winner of the Pulitzer Prize, the National Book Critics Circle Award and the Governor-General's Award, and short-listed for the Booker Prize. 'The Stone Diaries' is the story of one woman's life, a truly sensuous novel which reflects and illuminates the unsettled decades of our century. Repackaged as part of the Perennial fiction promotion. This is the story of Daisy Goodwill, from her birth on a kitchen floor in Manitoba, Canada, to her death in a Florida nursing home nearly ninety years later. Through Daisy's life, Shields reflects and illuminates the unsettled decades of our century in this rich and poignant novel.

General Information

  • : 9780007268344
  • : HarperCollins Publishers
  • : HarperPerennial
  • : 0.255
  • : 31 January 2008
  • : United Kingdom
  • : 01 September 2011
  • : books

Other Specifications

  • : Carol Shields
  • : Paperback
  • : (Reissue)
  • : 813.54
  • : 400
  • : Modern fiction
  • : Illustrations

More About The Product

Carol Shields's novels include 'Larry's Party' (1997), winner of the 1998 Orange Prize; 'The Republic of Love' (1992); 'Happenstance' (1991) and 'Mary Swann' (1990). 'Dressing Up for the Carnival', a bestselling collection of short stories, was published in 2000, and a previous collection, 'Various Miracles', was published in 1994. Born and brought up in Chicago, Carol Shields lived in Canada until her death in 2003. She was the Chancellor of the University of Winnipeg.