Problems arise from the inequalities between men and women. Well, we say: that's how men are. Or: that's how women are. And we accept their different levels of foolishness.

Marriages, widowhood, children, love, career, poverty, wealth: Daisy's life is full of twists and turns that she accepts without complaint. Trying to understand more deeply her role in the events that marked her, she decides to write her autobiography: from the tragic circumstances at her birth in 1905 to 1990.

The novel Stone Diaries by Carol Shields (USA 1935 - Canada 2003) won the Pulitzer Prize in 1995 and has since been translated into more than thirty languages. "Intricate, funny, sharp, well-written, a book that surprises" (Margaret Atwood). "A powerful reminder of the significant role literature plays in our lives" (The New York Times Book Review).