The Love of a Good Woman
Author: Alice Munro
Published: 1998
Genre: Short stories
About The Love of a Good Woman: Collection of eight short stories.
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Stories
- The Love of a Good Woman
- Jakarta
- Cortes Island
- Save the Reaper
- The Children Stay
- Rich as Stink
- Before the Change
- My Mother's Dream
- See also: Index of stories in Munro's books.
Awards
- 2004 – Canada Reads – Shortlisted
- 1998 – Giller Prize – Winner
- 1998 – Rogers Writers' Trust Fiction Prize – Shortlisted
Reviews
- ‘Inside and outside the family.’ Sandy English, World Socialist Web Site, 9 April 2002
- “But if they want insight into the dissatisfaction that has been breeding for many years now in the most intimate realms of love and motherhood, then this book is an important guide.”
- C.J. Inge, Renaissance Online Magazine, June 1999
- “...an absorbing examination of the unexpected turns that ordinary lives can take.”
- August C. Bourré, 13 January 2008
- “...this book was a complete joy to read.”
Guides
- Reading Group Guide
- Discussion questions, excerpt, and interview with Munro.
« Previous book: Selected Stories (1996)
Next book: Hateship, Friendship, Courtship, Loveship, Marriage (2001) »
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Added 05 July 2006.
Updated 04 September 2013.