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The Stone Diaries Analysis

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The Stone Diaries by Carol Shields is the story of Daisy Goodwill Hoad Flett.The story begins in Tyndall, Manitoba with Daisy’s mother Mercy Stone Goodwill preparing dinner on an extremely hot summer day. On the same day about an hour later her mother has died giving birth to her. Also mixed into chapter one are the stories of Mercy and Cuyler, Daisy’s parents, meeting and falling in love.
Daisy is taken in by her neighbor Clarentine Flett. Who takes her with her when she leaves her husband to go to Winnipeg. Letters to Cuyler Goodwill from Barker and Clarentine Flett allow the plot to move forward. Barker writes to his father asking for money, while Clarentine writes to Cuyler about Daisy 's development such as in schooling, and about her

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