The Stone Angel is the story of Hagar Shipley, an elderly and ailing woman who rails against the efforts of her community to put her in a nursing home. Hagar, a citizen of Manitoba in Canada, was born in the late 1800s and lived through much of the province's turbulent history. As she contemplates her death, symbolized by the nursing home, she takes time to reflect back on the many events she has experienced.
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