The Stone Diaries is Carol Shields’s most celebrated work and one of the most critically acclaimed and successful novels of the past two decades. A fictional autobiography of an ordinary woman, this multi-award-winning book (Pulitzer Prize, National Book Critics Circle Award, and Governor-General’s Award) serves as a record of the last century. Daisy Goodwill is on a journey of self-discovery. From her last days in a Florida nursing home she looks back in an attempt to make sense of her life story. It is a life like any other, filled with the richness of human relations and the sting of disappointments both big and small. The beauty of this work lies in the details, the tiny brushstrokes of character and setting, at which Carol Shields is the undisputed master. This engrossing abridged recording was first broadcast on CBC Radio in 1995. Carol Shields both reviewed and approved...
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2012-05-29
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Sådär faktiskt. Har sina stunder men slutet blir bara en massa babbel.
2011-10-05
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Fantastisk författare med ett härligt språk. Jag upplevde dock den här boken lite ojämn, ibland riktigt intressant men tidvis lite seg och ointressant. Jag kommer helt klart att testa fler böcker av Carol Shields som redan står olästa i bokhyllan. Den här gränsar mellan en stark 3:a och en svag 4:a
