The Stone Diaries

The Stone Diaries is a 1993 novel by Carol Shields. Her most famous novel, it won the 1993 Governor General's Award for English Fiction in Canada and the 1995 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in the United States, the only novel ever to win both awards. (Very few writers could even be eligible to win both awards; as an American-born naturalized Canadian, Shields was one of the few.)

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1993 - Carol Shields - 1993 Governor General's Award - Canada - 1995 - Pulitzer Prize for Fiction - United States

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The book chronicles the life of Daisy Goodwill Flett, a seemingly ordinary woman whose fundamental humanity is depicted lovingly by Shields, a writer who was widely regarded for her ability to make even the most ordinary of characters compelling.

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The book's title may have been inspired by Pat Lowther's poetry collection A Stone Diary. Lowther's tragic murder in 1975 was the inspiration for Shields' earlier novel Swann.

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Pat Lowther - 1975 - Swann

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