The Stone Carvers Author:Jane Urquhart In 1867 Pater Archangel Gstir is sent by God to the Canadian wilds. Soon the backwoods are transformed into a parish and the settlers into a congregation, and Joseph Becker, a woodcarver, is brought together with his future wife. Decades later their grandchild Klara holds young Eamon O'Sullivan in thrall as he sits speechless in ... more »her kitchen, suffering her anger and stirring her desire. Yet just as he wins this war of love, his victory is lost to the Great War in Europe, and Klara is left alone. But when an architect plans an ambitious memorial to the Canadian dead in France, Klara must use her family skills - to carve, to create and to remember.
The Stone Carvers is the bestselling epic of love, loss and the redemptive power of time.« less
I tried to get into this book since it is an award winner but I found it just plain boring. I read several chapters before giving up. I only read the first few chapters and moved on to another book.