{"title":"Margaret Laurence","description":"Margaret Laurence was born in Neepawa, Manitoba, in 1926. Upon graduation from Winnipeg's United College in 1947, she took a job as a reporter for the Winnipeg Citizen.","products":[{"product_id":"the-stone-angel-paperback","title":"The Stone Angel - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\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 \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51374926921951,"sku":"9780735252844","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/fP5S_N5Y3_9780735252844.webp?v=1789189368"}],"url":"https:\/\/blackandbarhe.com\/collections\/margaret-laurence.oembed","provider":"Black \u0026 Barhe Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}