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Lives of Girls and Women

By Alice Munro
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Lives of Girls and Women by Alice Munro is a coming-of-age story following the experiences of Del Jordan in a small Canadian town. As Del navigates the complexities of adolescence, she grapples with family dynamics, friendships, and the exploration of her identity and aspirations. Through vivid storytelling, the novel captures the challenges and triumphs of growing up in a vivid and relatable way.
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You might enjoy this book if you're drawn to coming-of-age stories that vividly depict the complexities of girlhood and womanhood. A keen exploration of personal identity, familial relationships, and small-town life, it offers rich, relatable characters and insightful narratives that capture the essence of growing up.

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Lives of Girls and Women

The only novel from bestselling author Alice Munro, winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature

Catching frogs, grazing knees, singing songs to save England from Hitler - that was childhood for Del Jordan, and now she's impatient for more.

Moving, ribald and semi-autobiographical, Lives of Girls and Women is the only novel from Alice Munro, winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature

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Moving, ribald and semi-autobiographical, Lives of Girls and Women is the only novel from Alice Munro, winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature.

'Superb' - Independent
'Exact and unflinching' - Guardian

Catching frogs, grazing knees, singing songs to save England from Hitler - that was childhood for Del Jordan, and now she's impatient for more.

More than she can find in the encyclopaedias sold by her mother, or in the half-understood innuendos dispensed by best friend Naomi, or in the whispers of boys during Friday night dances.

Just like the girls in the movies, she wants to get started on real life.

In her only novel, Alice Munro turns her eye to the frustrations, embarrassments, glee and bewilderment of adolescence, and to the brushes with sex, death, violence and birth that shape the lives of girls and women.

'In Munro's work, nothing can be predicted. Emotions erupt. Preconceptions crumble. Surprises proliferate.' - Margaret Atwood

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Alice Munro's Lives of Girls and Women has been highly praised for its intricate portrayal of small-town life and its exploration of quiet, yet powerful feminist themes. Munro's writing, celebrated for its precision and depth, offers surprising twists and evokes a vivid sense of place. Critics highlight her ability to deconstruct preconceptions and deliver a compelling and intimate narrative, showcasing her mastery in conveying complex emotions and societal observations.

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ISBN: 9781784700881

Publisher: Vintage Publishing

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 05 March 2015

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Vintage

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 20.0mm

Width: 129.0mm

Height: 197.0mm

Weight: 238g

Pages: 336

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About the Author

Alice Munro was born in 1931 and was the author of thirteen collections of stories and the novel, Lives of Girls and Women. She received many awards and prizes, including three of Canada's Governor General's Literary Awards and two Giller Prizes, the Rea Award for the Short Story, the Lannan Literary Award, the WHSmith Book Award in the UK, the National Book Critics Circle Award in the US, was shortlisted for the Booker Prize for Who Do You Think You Are? (previously published as The Beggar Maid), and was awarded the Man Booker International Prize 2009 for her overall contribution to fiction on the world stage, and in 2013 she won the Nobel Prize in Literature. Her stories have appeared in the New Yorker, Atlantic Monthly, Paris Review and other publications, and her collections have been translated into thirteen languages. Alice Munro died in 2024.

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