The Stone Angel, The Diviners, and A Bird in the House are three of the five books in Margaret Laurence's renowned "Manawaka series," named for the small Canadian prairie town in which they take place.
In Hagar Shipley, Margaret Laurence has created one of the boldest, most memorable characters in Canadian fiction.
When the intruder opens the door, I won't be able to rise from my chair. ... Well, he won't find me as helpless as he thinks, not by a long shot. Doris hasn't given me ... thinking—' His voice peters out, goes thin as shadows, vanishes.
The Stone Angel, The Diviners, and A Bird in the House are three of the five books in Margaret Laurence's renowned "Manawaka series," named for the small Canadian prairie town in which they take place.
The film adaptation of Margaret Laurence's The Stone Angel, starring acclaimed actresses Ellen Burstyn and Ellen Page, and introducing Christine Horne, opens in theatres May 9, 2008.
One summer changed Stella Boyd forever.
Years ago suffered a hard war against its neighboring planet, the dark Nomte, where they inhabit the evil nigrontes, and although the angels won that war thanks to the power of the stone angel, which after the war was split into three ...
Susan's efforts to become a saint after receiving a message from a stone angel on a tombstone are aided by her loyal East Indian friend, Rab.
Intro -- Chapter One -- Chapter Two -- Chapter Three -- Chapter Four -- Chapter Five -- Chapter Six -- Chapter Seven -- Chapter Eight -- Chapter Nine -- Chapter Ten -- About the Author.
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.
The celebrated novel that firmly established Margaret Laurence as one of Canada's most important authors.
" ... a compelling journey seen through the eyes of a woman nearing the end of her life.
The Stone Angel