Stories

1. The Love of a Good Woman
2. Jakarta
3. Cortes Island
4. Save the Reaper
5. The Children Stay
6. Rich as Stink
7. Before the Change
8. My Mother's Dream

• See also: Index of stories in Munro's books.

Awards

• 1998 – Giller Prize – Winner
• 2004 – Canada Reads – 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.”

‘Crossing the Threshold.’ Michael Gorra, NY Times, 1 November 1998

“...never before has [Munro] seemed so autumnal, so concerned with mediating between the way we live now and the way we lived then.”

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.

Added 05 July 2006.
Updated 14 June 2008.