false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166586090m/14285.jpg 14285 31 The only novel from Alice Munro-award-winning author of <b>The Love of a Good Woman</b>--is an insightful, honest book, "autobiographical in form but not in fact," that chronicles a young girl's growing up in rural Ontario in the 1940's.<br><br>Del Jordan lives out at the end of the Flats Road on her father's fox farm, where her most frequent companions are an eccentric bachelor family friend and her rough younger brother. When she begins spending more time in town, she is surrounded by women-her mother, an agnostic, opinionted woman who sells encyclopedias to local farmers; her mother's boarder, the lusty Fern Dogherty; and her best friend, Naomi, with whom she shares the frustrations and unbridled glee of adolescence.<br><br>Through these unwitting mentors and in her own encounters with sex, birth, and death, Del explores the dark and bright sides of womanhood. All along she remains a wise, witty observer and recorder of truths in small-town life. The result is a powerful, moving, and humorous demonstration of Alice Munro's unparalleled awareness of the lives of girls and women. 1322861 1971 Lives of Girls and Women: A Novel total:565|5:185|4:222|3:124|2:25|1:9| 565 2244 885 56 5 4 true false Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Thu Aug 14 10:27:21 -0700 2008 Sat Mar 07 10:51:05 -0800 2009 2 4 0 false false Sun Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sun Mar 01 09:28:36 -0800 2009 Sun Mar 01 09:28:36 -0800 2009
The best thing about this book, however, is the portrayal of Del's emotional landscape as she move...more...]]> 3 1 false false Mon Sep 29 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Feb 11 12:03:41 -0800 2008 Tue Sep 30 11:22:18 -0700 2008 1 more...]]> 4 1 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Thu Jan 31 12:15:39 -0800 2008 Fri Mar 21 12:02:35 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Sep 17 11:24:00 -0700 2009 Thu Oct 01 11:16:20 -0700 2009 1 more...]]> 5 1 false false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1996 Sun Sep 02 06:29:19 -0700 2007 Sun Sep 02 06:33:12 -0700 2007 3 0 false false Wed Sep 09 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Aug 20 20:56:00 -0700 2009 Wed Sep 09 14:01:57 -0700 2009
The book is well-written and relatable enough, but it's not very compelling - I had to force myself to keep reading it. It's one of ...more...]]> 5 0 false false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Fri Feb 08 11:54:01 -0800 2008 Mon Feb 11 11:21:57 -0800 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Mon Jul 23 06:28:42 -0700 2007 Thu Jul 26 15:18:49 -0700 2007
I really identified with Del. Throughout the book, she seems to be pushed along by the circumst...more...]]> 5 0 false false Tue Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2000 Mon Apr 02 19:01:14 -0700 2007 Mon Apr 02 19:15:06 -0700 2007 more...]]> 4 1 false false Wed Sep 30 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Sep 09 10:39:39 -0700 2009 Thu Oct 01 12:56:39 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Fri Oct 16 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Oct 06 16:37:06 -0700 2009 Fri Oct 16 14:33:12 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Apr 08 08:19:59 -0700 2008 Mon May 19 10:44:27 -0700 2008 more...]]> 3 0 false false Tue Aug 18 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Sep 11 10:08:20 -0700 2009 Fri Sep 11 10:10:17 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Sun Jun 21 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 01 05:24:13 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 22 05:10:54 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed Sep 02 08:28:59 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 31 22:21:15 -0700 2009 Wed Sep 02 08:28:59 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Tue Nov 25 14:14:19 -0800 2008 Tue Nov 25 14:14:57 -0800 2008 3 0 false false Sun Oct 18 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Oct 14 13:29:43 -0700 2009 Sun Oct 18 21:15:30 -0700 2009
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