F - 2847 | The Progress of Love by Alice Munro

With the ease and mastery that have won extraordinary acclaim for her writing, Alice Munro explores the most intimate and transforming moments of experience—moments when the shape of a life is set, moments of realization about the burden, the power, and the nature of love.

A divorced woman returns to her childhood home where she confronts the memory of her parents' confounding yet deep bond. The accidental ear-drowning of a child exposes to the shaken mother the fragility of the trust between children and parents.
A young man, remembering a terrifying childhood incident, wrestles with the responsibility he has always felt for his hapless younger brother.
A man brings his lover on a visit to his ex-wife, only to feel unexpectedly closer to his estranged partner.

In these and other stories Alice Munro proves once again a sensitive and compassionate chronicler of our times. Drawing us into the most intimate corners of ordinary lives, she reveals much about ourselves, our choices, and our experiences of love.

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