grayjay 's review for:

The Stone Diaries by Carol Shields

4.0

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The life of Daisy Goodwill, from before her birth to after her death is told with both sincerity and irony. A woman who lived a simple life is made grand and mysterious through gaps in the narrative and lapses of narrative omniscience. I was a times bored and at others emotionally involved. I got a little teary during Daisy's Illness and Decline, thinking of my own grandmother's final month in palliative care.