TY - BOOK AU - Munro,Alice TI - Dear life: stories SN - 9780099578642 AV - PR9199.3.M8 D43 2012 U1 - 813.54 PY - 2012/// CY - New York PB - Alfred A. Knopf N1 - "This is a Borzoi book."; TOC; To reach Japan -- Amundsen -- Leaving Maverley -- Gravel -- Haven -- Pride -- Corrie -- Train -- In sight of the lake -- Dolly -- The eye -- Night -- Voices -- Dear life; Sociology N2 - Summary: This collection of stories illuminates moments that shape a life, from a dream or a sexual act to simple twists of fate that turn a person out of his or her accustomed path and into another way of being. Set in the countryside and towns of Lake Huron, these stories about departures and beginnings, accidents, dangers, and homecomings both virtual and real, paint a portrait of how strange, dangerous, and extraordinary the ordinary life can be UR - http://www.worldcat.org/title/dear-life-stories/oclc/859368980&referer=brief_results ER -