The Stone Angel
Margaret Laurence, Adele Wiseman
Rated: 3.75 of 5 stars
3.75
· 24 ratings · 316 pages · Published: 1964
As her story unfolds, we are drawn into her past. We meet Hagar as a young girl growing up in a black prairie town; as the wife of a virile but unsuccessful farmer with whom her marriage was stormy; as a mother who dominates her younger son; and, finally, as an old woman isolated by an uncompromising pride and by the stern virtues she has inherited from her pioneer ancestors.
Vivid, evocative, moving, The Stone Angel celebrates the triumph of the spirit, and reveals Margaret Laurence at the height of her powers as a writer of extraordinary craft and profound insight into the workings of the human heart.
From the Hardcover edition.
Tagged as:
- classics 3
- historical 3
- historical fiction 3
- literary fiction 3
- 20th century 3
- aging 3
- coming of age 2
- high-school 2
- realistic 2
- drama 2
- family 2
- on the move 1
- action / adventure 1
- Add topics
- format - reader age
- book 1
- adult fiction 1