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I enjoyed these realistic stories of a girl born poor in rural Canada, growing up with a stepmother with whom she has little in common but gets on pretty well. I liked reading about Flo (the stepmother) more than Rose, which was a pity because most of the stories focus on Rose. Flo is funny, while Rose is rather more serious. But Rose’s life was interesting and archetypical for its time, as she did the marriage-and-children thing and then broke away in what I suppose would have been the 1960s or
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The publishers call this a book of short stories but I see it more as a novel, since it has a single main character in each part, Rose. Flo is not in some of the later parts despite the subtitle. Munro (who is now 93 years old) has a wonderful talent and skill in probing Rose's behavior and emotions and telling about them. This was my third book by Munro and I have enjoyed them all and expect to read more of her work.
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Tags/Categories: 1001 Books, women writers, Canadian literature, short stories
Source: library book
Why: BOTM 1001 Book February 2014, Bingo (short stories)
This is another book of short stories by Canadian author and recipient of the 2013 Nobel Prize for literature. Ms Munro writes this feminist work about Flo (the stepmother) and Rose (the stepdaughter). The stories are all loosely connected and march through life stages of Rose. In the beginning Flo is a big part, then Rose is married, has a dau ...more
Source: library book
Why: BOTM 1001 Book February 2014, Bingo (short stories)
This is another book of short stories by Canadian author and recipient of the 2013 Nobel Prize for literature. Ms Munro writes this feminist work about Flo (the stepmother) and Rose (the stepdaughter). The stories are all loosely connected and march through life stages of Rose. In the beginning Flo is a big part, then Rose is married, has a dau ...more
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Jamie Barringer (Ravenmount)
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