Arthur Johnson Memorial Library

Shields, Carol

The stone diaries / Carol Shields. - New York, N.Y. : Penguin Books, 1995. - 361 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. ; 20 cm.

First published in the United States of America by Viking Penguin, 1994. Awards:Pulitzer Prize, 1995.

Originally published in the United States of America by Viking Penguin, 1994.

Birth, 1905 --
Childhood, 1916 --
Marriage, 1927 --
Love, 1936 --
Motherhood, 1947 --
Work, 1955-1964 --
Sorrow, 1965 --
Ease, 1977 --
Illness and decline, 1985 --
Death.

The story of a woman, written to resemble a biography, complete with family photos. The chapter headings tell the story: "Birth, 1905;" "Childhood, 1916;""Marriage, 1927;" "Love, 1936;" "Motherhood, 1947;""Illness and Decline, 1985;" and, finally, "Death."

014023313X (pbk.) : $10.95


Women--Fiction.



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