Lives of Girls and Women
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The debut novel from Nobel Prize–winning author Alice Munro, “one of the most eloquent and gifted writers of contemporary fiction” (The New York Times).
“Munro has an unerring talent for uncovering the extraordinary in the ordinary.”—Newsweek
Rural Ontario, 1940s. Del Jordan lives out at the end of the Flats Road on her father’s fox farm, where her most frequent companions are an eccentric bachelor family friend and her rough younger brother. When she begins spending more time in town, she is surrounded by women—her mother, an agnostic, opinionated woman who sells encyclopedias to local farmers; her mother’s boarder, the lusty Fern Dogherty; and her best friend, Naomi, with whom she shares the frustrations and unbridled glee of adolescence.
Through these unwitting mentors and in her own encounters with sex, birth, and death, Del explores the dark and bright sides of womanhood. All along she remains a wise, witty observer and recorder of truths in small-town life. The result is a powerful, moving, and humorous demonstration of Alice Munro’s unparalleled awareness of the lives of girls and women.
Publisher : Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group; Reprint edition (February 13, 2001)
Language : English
Paperback : 288 pages
ISBN-10 : 0375707492
ISBN-13 : 978-0375707490
Item Weight : 8 ounces
Dimensions : 5.15 x 0.61 x 7.96 inches
Customers say
Customers find the book impressively brilliant and beautifully written, with clear-eyed descriptions and good character development. They appreciate its honesty and craftsmanship, with one customer noting how it handles difficult material in an honest way. The story receives mixed reactions – while some find it intensifies the coming-of-age tale, others note it’s a bit short on plot. Customers value the book’s relevance to young women and its insights into rural Ontario life.
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