Books with author Carrie Shields

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 the abridgement and the recording.

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. Her birth in a turn of the century farmhouse is a shock, born to a woman so obese she doesn't even realize she is pregnant. Widowed on her honeymoon after her husband takes his own life, there is another marriage, children and a beloved hobby that becomes a career, of sorts. 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.

Carol Shields’ beautiful, deliciously bittersweet novel has earned a special place in the hearts of critics everywhere. The winner of both the Pulitzer Prize and National Book Critics Circle Award, The Stone Diaries celebrates an ordinary woman’s extraordinary journey through the 20th century. Throughout her years as a daughter, wife, and mother, Daisy Stone Goodwill has tried to understand her place in the world. Now, she listens, she observes, and—through sheer force of imagination—she becomes a witness to her own life. From her calamitous birth in turn-of-the century Canada to her disastrous honeymoon, from her mischievous adventures in Indiana to her misunderstood death, Daisy watches her life unfold. And in the process, she discovers the troubling misconnections—and the joyous bonds—that link her to the world. By turns richly ironic and genuinely loving, The Stone Diaries showcases all the reasons why critics hail Carol Shields as one of today’s most gifted and original storytellers.