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I found this quiet book deeply compelling. It somehow went beyond a “slice of life�� - partly because it was an entire life, but there was something more. His quiet fortitude is hard to describe. I think it touched me so deeply because it will be the unsung life most of us live. Social media has changed things, but who knows who truly will be remembered for long after we die? Our legacies, most of us, will quietly live on until our loved ones also die. Stoner showed us that a quiet life, doing the things we are passionate about, though not glorious to the world at large, can be comforting, satisfying and fulfilling experiences if we let them.

I initially gave this book 4 stars, but realized that a book that I still think about 8 months after finishing deserves 5 stars.

I couldn’t put this book down. Yet I still struggle to find people I want to recommend it to, although I wish all my friends would read it.