Carol Shields and Alyss Bresnahan - The Stone Diaries

Pros: Bloody good writing!!!!!!

Cons: None

Review: I thought that I disliked this novel on finishing it and I have left it for a few days before attempting a review. I had read the disappointing 'Happenstance' last week and had assumed that my brief love affair with Shields was over. But it's not.
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Pros: This was just an overall fabulous novel

Cons: It ended

The Bottom Line: The Stone Diaries is a wonderfully written book that provides many thought provoking layers within a good old fashioned story.

Review: I have never read one of Carol Shield's novels. I spotted it at the library as I scanned the paperbacks for my first batch of "free reading". I didn't have anything in mind, just something interesting. Little did I realize how interesting my choice would...

Pros: A remarkable book!

Cons: none at all

Review: Shields crafts a deeply touching account of this woman's life as she struggles with her sexuality, love, motherhood and her own sense of being in a life marked by loss and loneliness. Ms. Shields has the remarkable ability to transform the sometimes...