Lives of Girls and Women - Alice Munro

Del Jordan’s Scrapbook of memories record a young girl changing from childhood to adolescence. Through the women and men she encounters; her mother courageously selling encyclopaedias, gaining her freedom almost imperceptibly; her Aunts Elspeth and Grace, two lives devoted to Uncle Craig; Garnet her first bittersweet taste of love; and best friend Naomi relentlessly pursuing marriage. Del becomes aware of her own potential and the excitement of an unknown independence… 

Alice Munro (1931-2024) was a Canadian writer renowned for her subtle and precise depiction of everyday lives. She won the 2013 Nobel Prize in Literature and many other honours including multiple Governor General’s Awards and the Man Booker International Prize. 

ISBN: 0 14 00.5996 2