“Oranges and Apples” Alice Munro

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At one time, Zeigler's Department Store had a grocery department and a hardware department, but no longer. 1990; Penguin, 1991 The store assortment has changed. The role of the department store has changed. Downtown Walley has changed. And, perhaps most significantly, Murray has changed. When the story opens, Murray's

“Oranges and Apples” Alice Munro2020-05-20T13:54:51-04:00

“Hold Me Fast, Don’t Let Me Pass” Alice Munro

2014-07-11T17:17:16-04:00

When Hazel Curtis travels to Scotland, she tells people that it was a trip that she and Jack had always planned to take together. 1990; Penguin, 1991 And now that she's a widow, Jack cannot contradict Hazel, speak out to say that he never wanted to take that

“Hold Me Fast, Don’t Let Me Pass” Alice Munro2014-07-11T17:17:16-04:00

“Meneseteung” Alice Munro

2014-07-11T17:17:27-04:00

Some writers might take a book to do it. Carol Shields did, in Swann. Timothy Findley did, in The Wars. 1990; Penguin, 1991 Alice Munro takes a short story to build a life from fragments left behind. In this case, in "Meneseteung", the fragments are culled from a

“Meneseteung” Alice Munro2014-07-11T17:17:27-04:00

“Five Points” Alice Munro

2014-07-11T17:17:37-04:00

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 Munro2014-07-11T17:17:37-04:00

“Friend of My Youth” Alice Munro

2014-07-11T17:17:48-04:00

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 Munro2014-07-11T17:17:48-04:00
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