Superb...Long ago, Virginia Woolf described George Eliot as one of the few writers 'for grown-up people.' The same might today, and with equal justice, be said of Alice Munro.–Michael Gorra,
New York Times Book Review A writer for the ages–Dan Cryer,
Newsday Alice Munro is indisputably a master. Like all great writers, she helps sharpen perception...Her imagination is fearless...A better book of stories can scarcely be imagined.–Greg Varner,
Washington Post Book World A riveting collection...a lovely book. Munro's stories move through the years with a sneaky grace.–Georgia Jones-Davis,
San Francisco Chronicle A triumph...certain to seal her reputation as our contemporary Chekhov–Carol Shields,
Mirabella Superlative...She distills a novel's worth of dramatic events into a story of 20 pages.–Erik Huber,
Time OutM These astonishing stories remind us, yet again, of the literary miracles Alice Munro continues to perform.–Francine Prose,
Elle Praise from fellow writers:
"Her work felt revolutionary when I came to it, and it still does." –Jhumpa Lahiri
"She is one of the handful of writers, some living, most dead, whom I have in mind when I say that fiction is my religion." –Jonthan Franzen
"The authority she brings to the page is just lovely." –Elizabeth Strout
"She's the most savage writer I've ever read, also the most tender, the most honest, the most perceptive." –Jeffery Eugenides
"Alice Munro can move characters through time in a way that no other writer can."–Julian Barnes
"She is a short-story writer who...reimagined what a story can do." –Loorie Moore
"There's probably no one alive who's better at the craft of the short story." –Jim Shepard
"A true master of the form." –Salman Rushdie
"A wonderful writer." –Joyce Carol Oates
