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A remarkable early collection of stories by Alice Munro, the bestselling author of *Dear Life*, and one of the greatest fiction writers of our time. ‘Alice Munro’s stories are miraculous’ *Sunday Times* ‘No one else can – or should be allowed to – write like the great Alice Munro’ Julian Barnes ‘She sets down the pains and pleasures of living in a spare, singing prose, not a word wasted’ *Daily Telegraph * ‘Read not more than one of her stories a day, and allow them to work their spell: they are made to last’ *Observer* ‘She's the most savage writer I've ever read, also the most tender, the most honest, the most perceptive’ Jeffrey Eugenides