understanding herself and her life. Hagar is the narrator of the book.

She is ninety, and is trying to avoid an old aged home where her son

Marvin, and MarvinÕs wife Doris want to put her. During this her attempt

to move to Shadow Point and live alone, Hagar remembers the many parts

of her life and her life story is revealed to the reader in that

fashion. Hagar grew up in Manawaka, in the prairies. HagarÕs mother died

while giving birth to her, and her father Jason Currie had a great stone

angel brought from Italy at a great expense for Mrs. CurrieÕs grave.

Hagar had two brothers, Matt and Daniel. Daniel was a lazy boy, and was

very delicate physically. Daniel died at eighteen of pneumonia. Matt

intended to go to university, but Hagar was sent by her father. Matt

married, but never had children, and died of disease without putting up

a fight in his death bed. Hagar eventually goes to university and

returns to marry Brampton Shiptley, against her fathersÕ will. At that

point she loses contact with her father. Hagar eventually regrets

marrying Bram, who often embarrasses

background. Hagar canÕt see that Lottie is in a similar situation as

she moves out with John. She loves him, and does everything for him.

stone angel was brought from Italy, as a symbol of the Currie familyÕs

canÕt because it requires love. Another example of HagarÕs heart of

it. HagarÕs cold emotional state, her pride, and her blindness are very

of stone, secondly that she has a lot of pride like her father, and

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Approximate Word count = 780
Approximate Pages = 3 (250 words per page double spaced)