A stunning collection sketching Canadian lives from settlers to the mid 20th Century, many of them country folk: turkey farmers, muskrat trappers, salesmen, various oddballs, bookshop owners, refugees from marriages and extended families. We are drawn irresistibly into their worlds through Munro's sympathy and detail, and by her scarily acute insight into the emotional forces at work behind the social and financial constraints. Some surprising twists as well - should appeal to Margaret Atwood/Anne Tyler fans!
(Victoria Grey-Edwards - bwl 14 July 2002 ) |
