Runaway.RUNAWAY. Alice Munro Alice Ann Munro, née Laidlaw (born 10 July 1931) is a Canadian short-story writer who is widely considered one of the world's premier fiction writers. Munro is a three-time winner of Canada's Governor General's Award for fiction. . 2004. Read by Kimberly Dakin. 9 cds. 11 hrs. BBC BBC in full British Broadcasting Corp. Publicly financed broadcasting system in Britain. A private company at its founding in 1922, it was replaced by a public corporation under royal charter in 1927. Audiobooks America. 0-7927-3367-3. $89.95. Vinyl; plot, author, reader notes. A Readers familiar with Alice Munro's work will not be surprised that this collection of eight short stories has to do with women who are trapped by their relationships, by their circumstances, or by a strange quirk quirk n. 1. A peculiarity of behavior; an idiosyncrasy: "Every man had his own quirks and twists" Harriet Beecher Stowe. 2. of fate; and who adapt to rather than challenge their status quo [Latin, The existing state of things at any given date.] Status quo ante bellum means the state of things before the war. The status quo to be preserved by a preliminary injunction is the last actual, peaceable, uncontested status which preceded the pending controversy. . The title story exposes the internal conflict of a young woman yearning to break free of the husband she loves but cannot seem to please or leave. Another makes us privy to the thoughts and feelings of a young girl who suspects that her parents may have adopted her as a replacement for an infant daughter killed years earlier in a car accident. Still another story inspects a life-altering disappointment in love and its perverse aftermath. While there is little upbeat about these tales, the protagonists do cope and are, if not exactly happy, among society's productive survivors. Munro's writing is precise and almost clinical. Dakin's minimally differentiated narration, soft and clear yet strong, perfectly matches the bravery with which these women confront their destinies. Francine Levitov, Attorney, New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of , NY |
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