2013 May

“Five Points” Alice Munro

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As with "Friend of My Youth", the bulk of "Five Points" concerns a story told by one of the characters, Neil, who is speaking of events from his past, when he was a boy in British Columbia. 1990; Penguin, 1991 In both stories, the story rooted in Neil's

“Five Points” Alice MunroBuried In Print2014-07-11T17:17:37-04:00

Teddy Wayne’s The Love Song of Jonny Valentine (2013)

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When we meet Jonny, he can't sleep; he turns on the light to play The Secret Land of Zenon. Simon & Schuster, 2013 In this first sentence of Teddy Wayne's novel, Jonny might be any eleven-year-old boy. But even while listening to the background music for Zenon, Jonny

Teddy Wayne’s The Love Song of Jonny Valentine (2013)Buried In Print2014-03-20T20:16:44-04:00

“Friend of My Youth” Alice Munro

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The title story of this collection begins with talk of an act being "too transparent in its hopefulness, too easy in its forgiveness". 1990; Penguin, 1991 On first reading, this seems a straightforward observation about the narrator's relationship with her mother. She has been dreaming of her mother

“Friend of My Youth” Alice MunroBuried In Print2014-07-11T17:17:48-04:00