The Stone Diaries
by Carol Shields
The Stone Diaries by Carol Shields holds a well received rating of 3.84 out of 5, based on 28K reader ratings. First published in 1993. The book spans 361 pages.
About The Stone Diaries
The Stone Diaries is one ordinary woman's story of her journey through life. Born in 1905, Daisy Stone Goodwill drifts through the roles of child, wife, widow, and mother, and finally into her old age. Bewildered by her inability to understand her place in her own life, Daisy attempts to find a way to tell her story within a novel that is itself about the limitations of autobiography. Her life is vivid with incident, and yet she feels a sense of powerlessness. She listens, she observes, and through sheer force of imagination she becomes a witness of her own life: her birth, her death, and the troubling missed connections she discovers between. Daisy's struggle to find a place for herself in her own life is a paradigm of the unsettled decades of our era. A witty and compassionate anatomist of the human heart, Carol Shields has made distinctively her own that place where the domestic collides with the elemental. With irony and humor she weaves the strands of The Stone Diaries together in this, her richest and most poignant novel to date.
| Detail | Value |
|---|---|
| Author | Carol Shields |
| Published | 1993 |
| Pages | 361 |
| Genres | Fiction, Historical Fiction, Fiction, Classics |
| Average Rating | 3.84 / 5.00 |
| Total Ratings | 27,989 |
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What genre is The Stone Diaries?
The Stone Diaries is categorized as Fiction, Historical Fiction, Fiction, Classics. Its primary genre classification is Historical Fiction.
Is The Stone Diaries worth reading?
Based on 28K reader ratings, The Stone Diaries has an average score of 3.84 out of 5.00, which is considered "Well Received."
How many pages is The Stone Diaries?
The Stone Diaries has 361 pages.
Who wrote The Stone Diaries?
The Stone Diaries was written by Carol Shields. It was first published in 1993.
What is the ISBN for The Stone Diaries?
The ISBN-13 for The Stone Diaries is 9780140233130.0.
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