“Illinois” Alice Munro

2017-07-25T11:27:03-04:00

The Laidlaws have left the Ettrick Valley in Scotland behind, that parish with "no advantages", but the family members also have left behind "long, outspoken, sometimes outrageous letters, and detailed recollections" which have inspired Alice Munro to narrate the experiences of her ancestors. McClelland & Stewart, 2006 But

“Illinois” Alice Munro2017-07-25T11:27:03-04:00

“The View from Castle Rock” Alice Munro

2017-07-25T11:27:20-04:00

The title story in this collection follows "No Advantages" closely. It presents Old James the father, Andrew, Walter, and their sister Mary, Andrew’s wife Agnes, and Agnes and Andrew’s son James,"under two years old", and recounts their experiences from "the harbor of Leith, on the 4th of June, 1818, [when] they set

“The View from Castle Rock” Alice Munro2017-07-25T11:27:20-04:00

“No Advantages” Alice Munro

2017-07-25T11:27:31-04:00

McClelland & Stewart, 2006 The View from Castle Rock was not one of my favourite Alice Munro collections. Although I rushed to read it upon publication, I didn’t enjoy it as much as Runaway. On rereading, I planned a different approach. In the past, I read the collection

“No Advantages” Alice Munro2017-07-25T11:27:31-04:00

“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

A Glaswegian Tale about Hens and Murder

2014-03-15T19:58:56-04:00

"Crackling with energy, assured and authoritative." So says Val McDermid about Manda Scott's debut suspense novel, Hen's Teeth, the first novel to feature Dr Kellen Stewart. But she might well have been discussing Kellen herself. Indeed, she is the draw to the series, in this reader's opinion; it's Kellen's sharp

A Glaswegian Tale about Hens and Murder2014-03-15T19:58:56-04:00
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