| The Stone Diaries: Pulitzer Prize Winner (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition) Anniversary Edition Contributor(s): Shields, Carol (Author), Lively, Penelope (Introduction by) |
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ISBN: 0143105507 ISBN-13: 9780143105503 Publisher: Penguin Group OUR PRICE: $16.20 Product Type: Paperback Published: October 2008 Annotation: Born in 1905, Daisy Goodwill drifts through the chapters of childhood, marriage, widowhood, remarriage, motherhood and old age. Bewildered by her inability to understand her own role, Daisy attempts to find a way to tell her own story within a novel that is itself about the limitations of autobiography. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Literary - Fiction | Biographical - Fiction | Coming Of Age |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 2008028398 |
| Lexile Measure: 1160 |
| Series: Penguin Classics Deluxe Editions |
| Physical Information: 0.9" H x 5.4" W x 8.3" (0.75 lbs) 304 pages |
| Themes: - Sex & Gender - Feminine |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 10847 Reading Level: 7.6 Interest Level: Upper Grades Point Value: 17.0 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In celebration of the fifteenth anniversary of its original publication, Carol Shields's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel is now available in a Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition One of the most successful and acclaimed novels of our time, this fictionalized autobiography of Daisy Goodwill Flett is a subtle but affecting portrait of an everywoman reflecting on an unconventional life. What transforms this seemingly ordinary tale is the richness of Daisy's vividly described inner life--from her earliest memories of her adoptive mother to her awareness of impending death. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators. |