{"product_id":"the-stone-angel","title":"The Stone Angel","description":"\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eIn her best-loved novel, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe Stone Angel\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e, Margaret Laurence introduces Hagar Shipley, one of the most memorable characters in Canadian fiction. Stubborn, querulous, self-reliant – and, at ninety, with her life nearly behind her – Hagar Shipley makes a bold last step towards freedom and independence.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAs 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.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eVivid, evocative, moving, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe Stone Angel\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\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.\u003c\/span\u003e","brand":"Laurence, Margaret","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43594458038496,"sku":"","price":15.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0330\/3125\/8248\/products\/317748.jpg?v=1666722864","url":"https:\/\/agricola-street-books.myshopify.com\/products\/the-stone-angel","provider":"Agricola Street Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}