The Stone Diaries is the biography of the fictional Daisy Goodwill. What makes Daisy Goodwill so remarkable is the fact she is so unremarkable. Once again we see Ms Shields celebrate the ordinary, engaging us in the remarkable events of an unremarkable person.
This book should be boring (no real plot other than the lives of a regular woman) but it isn't, although I did struggle with the first 90 pages. However, after that, I was hooked. The differing, inventive writing styles, the change of person and narrators, the engrossing, realistic characters make this unputdownable.
Th beauty of the prose should also be highlighted. Ms Shields has an incredible way with words and for the majority of the book I was inclined to ... Read More:
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