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Country Canada Pages 361 pp Genres Novel, Fiction | 3.8/5 Goodreads Language English Publication date 1993 Originally published 1993 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Cover artist Andrea Pinnington (design); David Purdie (photography) Characters Daisy Goodwill Flett, Cuyler Goodwill, Mercy Stone, Clarentine Flett, Barker Flett, Magnus Flett Similar Carol Shields books, Pulitzer Prize for Fiction winners, Novels | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The Stone Diaries is a 1993 novel by Carol Shields.
Contents
- Asmr ear to ear whispered excerpt from carol shields s the stone diaries
- Plot summary
- Background
- Awards and nominations
- References
Asmr ear to ear whispered excerpt from carol shields s the stone diaries
Plot summary
The book is the fictional autobiography 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.
Background
The title of the book might have been inspired by Pat Lowther's poetry collection A Stone Diary (1977). Lowther's murder in 1975 was the inspiration for Shields' earlier novel Swann: A Mystery (1987).
Part of the setting for the book is the historic Vinegar Hill neighborhood of Bloomington, Indiana.
Awards and nominations
The Stone Diaries, Shields' best-known novel, won the 1993 Governor General's Award for English language fiction in Canada and the 1995 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in the United States. It is currently the only novel to have won both awards. Being an American-born naturalized Canadian, Shields was eligible for both awards. It also received the National Book Critics Circle Award and was nominated for the Man Booker Prize.