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Description edit
Nine superb new stories by one of our most beloved and admired writers. A young wife and mother receives release from the unbearable pain of losing her children from a most surprising source. In the aftermath of an unusual, humiliating seduction, a young woman reacts in a clever if... read more
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Summary edit
The only story I didn't like was "Wood."
Characters/People edit
- Joyce: Add a description of this character.
- Sophia
- Roxanne
- Charlene
- Nina
- Doree
- Jon
- Verna
- Vladimir
- Alex
- Old Mrs. Crozier
- Sally
- Mr. Purvis
- Edie
- Mrs. Sands
- Maggie
- Matt
- Maxsim
- Nancy
- Sylvia
- Roy
- Mrs. Winner
- Urey
- Tommy
- Weierstrass
- Peter
- Christie O'dell
- Ernie
- Sasha
- Lloyd
- Beth
- Julia
- Percy
- Nita
- Gemma
- Justin
- Diane
- Aniuta
- Dimitri
- Barbara Ann
- Ernest
- Pauline
- Mamie
- Rich
- Velma
- Savanna
- Anima
- Rennie
First Sentence edit
Doree had to take three buses--one to Kincardine, where she waited for the one to London, where she waited again for the city bus out to the facility.
Table of Contents edit
Dimensions 3
Fiction 34
Wenlock Edge 64
Deep-Holes 95
Free Radicals 118
Face 140
Some Women 165
Child's Play 189
Wood 225
Too Much Happiness 247
Acknowledgments 307
Series & Lists edit
This book is in Rainy Day Books (12 Best Books of 2009). (community list)
Authors & Contributors edit
- Alice Munro (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
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Publication Date: 2009
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Page Count: 307
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Publication Date: 2009
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Page Count: 307
Awards edit
- Amazon.com's Best Books (November 2009: Editors' Picks, #30)
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- Dewey: 813.54
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