The Stone Diaries by Carol Shields

It is the fictional autobiography about the life 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.

The 487th greatest fiction book of all time


This book is on the following lists:

  1. - 83rd on The New Classics - 100 Best Reads from 1983 to 2008 (Entertainment Weekly)
  2. - 83rd on Entertainment Weekly's Top 100 Novels (Entertainment Weekly)
  3. - Pulitzer Prize for Fiction (Pulitzer Prize)
  4. - The 75 Best Books of the Past 75 Years (Parade Magazine)
  5. - National Book Critics Circle Award - Fiction (National Book Critics Circle)
  6. - 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die (The Book)

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