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Thisisthebookaboutoneoftheworld’sgreatauthors,AliceMunro,whichshowshowherlifeandherstoriesintertwine.ForalmostthirtyyearsRobertThackerhasbeenresearchingthisbook,steepinghimselfinAliceMunro’slifeandwork,workingwithherco-operationtomakeitcomplete.TheresultisafeastofinformationforAliceMunro’sadmirerseverywhere.Byfollowing“theparalleltracks”ofAliceMunro’slifeandAliceMunro’stexts,hegivesathoroughandrevealingaccountofbothherlifeandwork.“Thereisalwaysastartingpointinreality,”sheoncesaidofherstories,andthisbookrevealsjusthowoftenherstoriesspringfromherlife.Thebookischronological,startingwithherpioneerancestors,butwithspecialattentionpaidtoherparentsandtoherearlydaysgrowinguppoorinWingham.Thenallofherlifestages—themarriagetoJimMunro,themovetoVancouver,thentoVictoriatostartthebookstore,thethreedaughters,thedivorce,thereturntoHuronCounty,andthenewlifewithGerryFremlin—leadingtothetriumphsas,storybystory,bookbybook,shegainsfamearoundtheworld,untilrumoursofaNobelPrizecirculate...FromtheHardcoveredition.,