A remarkable early collection of stories by Alice Munro, the bestselling author of Dear Life, and one of the greatest fiction writers of our time.

âe~Alice Munroâe(tm)s stories are miraculousâe(tm)
Sunday Times

âe~No one else can âe" or should be allowed to âe" write like the great Alice Munroâe(tm)
Julian Barnes

âe~She sets down the pains and pleasures of living in a spare, singing prose, not a word wastedâe(tm)
Daily Telegraph

âe~Read not more than one of her stories a day, and allow them to work their spell: they are made to lastâe(tm)
Observer

âe~She's the most savage writer I've ever read, also the most tender, the most honest, the most perceptiveâe(tm)
Jeffrey Eugenides