{"product_id":"9780735252844","title":"The Stone Angel","description":"\u003cb\u003eVivid, evocative, moving, \u003ci\u003eThe Stone Angel\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMargaret Laurence's most celebrated novel introduced readers to one of the most memorable characters in Canadian fiction. Hagar Shipley is stubborn, querulous, self-reliant, and, at ninety, with her life nearly behind her, she makes a bold last step towards freedom and independence. \u003cbr\u003e     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. \u003cb\u003e  \u003c\/b\u003e","brand":"Margaret Laurence (CA)","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback Trade paperback (US)","offer_id":46904992825532,"sku":"9780735252844","price":19.95,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0694\/8559\/2764\/files\/BNCImageAPI_f06a151e-223a-4b79-bb87-f40054b6276b.jpg?v=1780760883","url":"https:\/\/wordsquirrelbooks.com\/products\/9780735252844","provider":"Word Squirrel Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}