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This was an excellent collection of short stories. While I respect Alice Munro's commitment to the short story I do wish a few of the stories had been allowed to progress beyond exposition. However, I can certainly understand given the medium, that sacrifices must be made in the name of brevity.
A great deal of time was invested in building strong and vivid female characters with complex emotional lives and motivations, yet the stories themselves often seemed truncated. Though I appreciate writin ...more
A great deal of time was invested in building strong and vivid female characters with complex emotional lives and motivations, yet the stories themselves often seemed truncated. Though I appreciate writin ...more
Jun 26, 2012
Ibis3
marked it as to-read
Aug 18, 2021
John Hanson
marked it as to-read
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