Reviews- Rachel's Reading Club 2023/2024

Dear Life - by Alice Munro

Dear Life - by Alice Munro

321 pages; ISBN - 978-0274810796

Published July 30, 2013

WINNER OF THE NOBEL PRIZE® IN LITERATURE 2013

A New York Times Notable Book
A Washington Post Notable Work of Fiction
A Best Book of the Year: The Atlantic, NPR, San Francisco Chronicle, Vogue, AV Club
Winner of the Man Booker International Prize

These are only a few of the awards that Alice Munro has achieved through her writing.

This is a series of short stories about "everyday" people. I found most of the stories tinged with some sort of sadness. She is almost sharp in her characters' points of view; but not quite harsh. No two stories are the same, but the stories have this in common: a choice made or unmade, a chance encounter, a road taken (or not). Each of the stories in this book are short, but deliver a punch.

I give the book a 4 1/2 rating. It's not quite my "cup of tea" but Alice Munro has won several awards, so she is definitely someone's "cup of tea".