I had a really good review going for The Stone Diaries, but of course, my computer chose to crash half way through. Well, I finally finished reading the book and I liked it, but I don’t think it was the best book ever. I found the main character Daisy Stone Goodwill interesting enough. The back of the book claimed that she “has struggled to understand her place in her own life” and she searches for herself in this fictional biography. But I sensed none of that. I enjoyed the passages in other people’s voices, such as her father lying on the grass as he dies. It was beautiful and touching. But when Daisy was dying, I did not feel so much. She seemed unhapppy and unsettled throughout most of her life, that I saw, But I did not see the search so much as I saw her settling. I expected something great when she got on the train to travel through Canada and ends up visiting her ‘Uncle’ Barker. Such buildup! But they marry and she settles into the wife routine. I thought the book beautifully written, but in the end, I do not think that Daisy will remain in my memory.