Lives of Girls and Women

Chronicles a young girl's growing up in rural Ontario in the 1940s. Del Jordan lives on her father's fox farm where her most frequent companions are an eccentric bachelor family friend and her rough younger brother. When she begins spending more time in town, she is surrounded by women--her mother, her mother's boarder, Fern Dogherty; and her best friend, Naomi. Through these unwitting mentors and in her own encounters with sex, birth, and death, Del explores the dark and bright sides of womanhood. All along she remains a wise, witty observer and recorder of truths in small-town life.

Alice Munro, 2013

Paperback, Very Good

278 pages

218g

20.3 x 13.2 x 1.5 cm

Paperback, 1997

Very Good

278 pages

244g

20.4 x 13 x 1.8 cm