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The Diamond House - Premium Diamond Jewelry & Engagement Rings for Women | Elegant Necklaces, Earrings & Bracelets | Perfect for Weddings, Anniversaries & Special Occasions

The Diamond House - Premium Diamond Jewelry & Engagement Rings for Women | Elegant Necklaces, Earrings & Bracelets | Perfect for Weddings, Anniversaries & Special Occasions

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WINNER OF THE GLENGARRY BOOK AWARDWINNER OF THE CITY OF REGINA BOOK AWARDFrom the winner of the Governor General’s Literary Award, an engaging new novel about the unconventional Estella Diamond and her struggle with the expectations that bind her familyEstella Diamond is the youngest child and only daughter of a successful brick-factory owner, a self-described family man who is not averse to being called a kingpin. Estella’s precocious nature leads her to discover something none of her brothers know: that their father was once married to an aspiring ceramics artist named Salina, who dreamed big and turned her back on society’s conventions.Estella grows up planning her future in the image of her father’s daring first wife, rather than that of her traditional mother. When her plans are derailed again and again by the family patriarchy, she longs to rebel and be like Salina. Unable to openly challenge her father, and with a chorus of sisters-in-law passing judgment, she does the right thing instead, and plays the role of the good daughter.Until she doesn’t.The effects of Estella’s rebellion will stay with her and the family for years, until she is left alone in the house her father built with only her housekeeper, Emyflor, for company. When an uncompromising young woman named Hannah Diamond enters her world, Estella is forced to wrestle with the legacy she helped create and to confront the woman she has become, just in time for one last reinvention.

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This book really had the ring of truth for me......a bright, financially independent woman with few opportunities available to her to be truly independent in her lifetime, and yet she finds a way to forge her own path, with humour, stubbornness and intelligence. (The book spans the late 1800s through to the late 1900s.)The Diamond House is both funny and quirky, especially during the first part of the book. As a rebellious, ambitious and unsentimental woman though, Estella butts up against many of society's and her family's expectations as she approaches middle age, which makes for some troubled, tumultuous times in her life. Ultimately though, she is able to find a path that allows her to fulfill her obligations to family and society but still make a life for herself and find contentment.....a very satisfying read with many surprises.