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What I'd like is a lobotomy, a clean job, the top of my head neatly sawn off and designated contents removed.

Carol Shields

What I'd like is a lobotomy, a clean job, the top of my head neatly sawn off and designated contents removed.

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About Carol Shields

Carol Ann Shields (née Warner; June 2, 1935 – July 16, 2003) was an American-born Canadian novelist and short story writer. She is best known for her 1993 novel The Stone Diaries, which won the U.S. Pulitzer Prize for Fiction as well as the Governor General's Award in Canada.