Dear Life: Stories

Hardcover | October 13, 2012

With her peerless ability to give us the essence of a life in often brief but spacious and timeless stories, Alice Munro illumines the moment a life is shaped -- the moment a dream, or sex, or perhaps a simple twist of fate turns a person out of his or her accustomed path and into another way of being. Suffused with Munro's clarity of vision and her unparalleled gift for storytelling, these stories (set in the world Munro has made her own: the countryside and towns around Lake Huron) about departures and beginnings, accidents, dangers, and homecomings both virtual and real, paint a vivid and lasting portrait of how strange, dangerous, and extraordinary the ordinary life can be.

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With her peerless ability to give us the essence of a life in often brief but spacious and timeless stories, Alice Munro illumines the moment a life is shaped -- the moment a dream, or sex, or perhaps a simple twist of fate turns a person out of his or her accustomed path and into another way of being. Suffused with Munro's clarity of ...

ALICE MUNRO is the author of twelve collections of stories -- the most recent of which are Runaway, The View From Castle Rock, and Too Much Happiness -- as well as a novel, Lives of Girls and Women, and Selected Stories. Among the many awards and prizes she has received are: three Governor General's Literary Awards and two Giller Prize...

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Rated 5 out of
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Kate from
Dear Life.I loved this book as I have loved all her books. What a National treasure Canada has!

Date published: 2013-11-11

Rated 5 out of
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AMY from
Fabulous!Another amazing work of art by the fabulous Munro!

Date published: 2013-10-22

Rated 5 out of
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suzanne_keith from
she's simply the best and she's oursEvery book of hers is like a box of small, rich chocolates, you know there is eventually going to be an end but you only take small, slow tiny bites to make them last. You read her sentences slowly "in small tiny bites" to better appreciate her mastery of our language in describing the simplest things and the most complex feelings. One of her best and apparently one of her most personal.

Date published: 2013-01-13

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Rebecca from
Loved it!Alice Munro never fails to satisfy. I feel I know her even better now. What a pleasure.

Date published: 2013-01-10

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Editorial Reviews

Trillium Award Finalist - 2013

"It has become practically de rigeur to refer to Munro as 'our Chekhov'... But at this point in Munro's career, how much can it add? What is certain is this: She is our Munro. And how fortunate we are to call her that." -- New York Times Book Review