{"product_id":"the-stone-diaries-pulitzer-prize-winner-penguin-classics-deluxe-edition-paperback","title":"The Stone Diaries: Pulitzer Prize Winner (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition) - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eCarol Shields\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003ePenelope Lively\u003c\/b\u003e (Introduction by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn 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\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFor 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.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCarol Shields\u003c\/b\u003e (1935-2003) is the author of\u003ci\u003e The Stone Diaries\u003c\/i\u003e, which won the 1995 Pulitzer Prize for fiction, the National Book Critics Circle Award, and Canada's Governor General's Award. Her other novels and short-story collections include \u003ci\u003eThe Republic of Love, Happenstance, Swann, The Orange Fish, Various Miracles, The Box Garden, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eSmall Ceremonies\u003c\/i\u003e (all available from Penguin).\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePenelope Lively\u003c\/b\u003e grew up in Egypt but settled in England after the war and took a degree in history at St Anne's College, Oxford. She is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature, and a member of PEN and the Society of Authors. She was married to the late Professor Jack Lively, has a daughter, a son and four grandchildren, and lives in Oxfordshire and London.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePenelope Lively is the author of many prize-winning novels and short story collections for both adults and children. She has twice been shortlisted for the Booker Prize; once in 1977 for her first novel, \u003ci\u003eThe Road to Lichfield\u003c\/i\u003e, and again in 1984 for \u003ci\u003eAccording to Mark\u003c\/i\u003e. She later won the 1987 Booker Prize for her highly acclaimed novel \u003ci\u003eMoon Tiger\u003c\/i\u003e. Her novels include \u003ci\u003ePassing On\u003c\/i\u003e, shortlisted for the 1989 Sunday Express Book of the Year Award, \u003ci\u003eCity of the Mind\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eCleopatra's Sister\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eHeat Wave\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePenelope Lively has also written radio and television scripts and has acted as presenter for a BBC Radio 4 program on children's literature. She is a popular writer for children and has won both the Carnegie Medal and the Whitbread Award.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 304\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 8.3 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 01, 2008\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAward:\u003c\/strong\u003e Pulitzer Prize (1995)\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAccelerated Reader:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eQuiz Name:\u003c\/strong\u003e Stone Diaries\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eInterest Level:\u003c\/strong\u003e Upper Grades, 9-12\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReading Level:\u003c\/strong\u003e 7.6\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePoint Value:\u003c\/strong\u003e 17\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44323178709094,"sku":"9780143105503","price":25.72,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0599\/7255\/0758\/files\/R0tKOThPY3YzUXYxdktuSWsvRlQ0Zz09.webp?v=1768125069","url":"https:\/\/infinitylightwa.com\/products\/the-stone-diaries-pulitzer-prize-winner-penguin-classics-deluxe-edition-paperback","provider":"Infinity Light","version":"1.0","type":"link"}