The Stone Diaries in Around the World in 80 Books

Oct 09, 2018 Daisy rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: france, canada, knitters-mentioned, scotland, aroundtheworld2018

This last year she has been in danger of becoming an eccentric or else one of those persons who does not bother to put a saucer under her cup.

No one told her so much of life was spent being old.

And it's occurred to her that there are millions, billions, of other men and women in the world who wake up early in their separate beds, greedy for the substance of their own lives, but obliged every day to reinvent themselves.

Aunt Daisy's Lemon Pudding

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Sep 26, 2012 Laura (booksnob) rated it really liked it

Shelves: literature, 1001-books, pulitizer, 2012

Become a witness to Daisy Goodwill's life as she travels through the important eras of her life cycle from birth, childhood, marriage, motherhood to illness and decline and finally death. Daisy is born to a mother who dies within minutes of giving birth. The death of her mother causes her to feel untethered her entire life because she has lost the endearing and everlasting love of a mother. Daisy grows up and goes through the motions of life but is consciously aware that her life is missing some ...more

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Aug 09, 2008 Jessica rated it really liked it

Shelves: modern-lit, canada, 1001

A creative twist on the unreliable-narrator trope, and bearing that quiet good humor that I love about Shields. She's one of those authors whose books never sound all that interesting in the flap copy but turn out to be surprisingly wonderful. ...more

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