I loved this book, the way it was written, the story.
It tells the life of Daisy Goodall, but in some way the main character always remains a mystery. The different parts are mostly espisodes from her life or the lives of her relatives, quite often they are very factual. There are only descriptions, the emotions have to be guessed at.
To me it was the story of an ordinary woman, like many others who lived through most of the 20th century. The way Carol Shields told it, it became clear to me how many of these women we see and how litte we can know about them. It is very telling that there are quite a few photographs in the novel of various characters, but none of Daisy.