The Stone Diaries

I really wanted to talk to Julie about it, and I reached out.

She joined me for today's episode of Books That Matter, and the book she chose today was The Stone Diaries by Carol Shields.

Now, this is a book that I have wanted to read for ages, and in some ways I'm kicking myself for not having read it sooner, and in other ways I'm so glad I waited until this exact moment because I loved talking about it with Julie.

The Stone Diaries is one of the best books I've read all year, and getting the chance to talk about the emotional and intellectual prowess of this novel with Julie was such a joy.

The Stone Diaries is a birth-to-death novel, and so we talk about, we, we talk about the plot and how it ends, but you know how it ends because it is a birth-to-death novel following one woman.

Um, it is told with such technical assurance and stylistic originality, and it do- it does so in this way that's innovative without ever making the reader feel like they're witnessing a trick or a gimmick.

It's so moving, and it, it really, like, for me and pretty much everyone I've talked to who's read this, it's like it has changed the way I see the world.

I just can't say enough good things about The Stone Diaries, and I really hope you enjoy this conversation with Julie Buntin.