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5.0 out of 5 stars Every man will cry, Jan 11 2012

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This review is from: The Stone Angel (Mass Market Paperback)

This is a powerful story. I read it in my early 20s and it helped me to comprehend the complexity of human relationships.

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3.0 out of 5 stars Pride is the issue, Nov 24 1999

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Diana Bakelaar (Ontario, Canada) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Stone Angel (Paperback)

I read the "Stone Angel for a literature assignment for my grade twelve english class. I tried to start some of her other novels, but I found it hard to get into them. I stayed with this book, because it had a nice title. I did'nt like the flask backs, but when I got to the end it made sense.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Hogwash!, April 19 2002

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Gladys Laurence (no relation to Margie) (Butte, Montana) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Stone Angel (Paperback)

Though I'm not Canadian, I too feel great shame for those Canadians who dislike Margaret Laurence and have no apparent literary taste. However, I find this book to be absolutely stupendous and absorbing. I have read it 4 times, and it only seems to get better with each read. I am not just saying this.

Never has there been a more realistic and likeable character than Mrs. Hagar Shipley, someone everyone should be more like. Her unabashed honesty is truly heartwarming. If this is not a feel-good story, then I simply don't know what is!! This is the feel-good book of the year.... This is no overstatement.

Yes. It is sad that people die. But if people did so with as much dignity as Hagar, the world would be a better place. And, no, I am not just saying that, again.

Why hasn't this fine novel---this vanguard story--been adapted into movie form? I see the unflappable Glenn Close playing Hagar--with courage and grace. She's divine.

Those who did not like the book likely did not understand its messages. Uninformed readers are the worst.

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Here is a book that I probably wouldn't have picked by choice. I read it for a university course and fell in love with it. It is a definite page turner! Read more